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T1 Centralized and decentralized wastewater-based epidemiology to infer COVID-19 transmission – A brief review
A1 Carita Gonçalves, José Manuel
A1 Torres Franco, Andrés Felipe
A1 Rodríguez, Elisa
A1 Díaz Villalobos, Israel
A1 Koritnik, Tom
A1 Gomes da Silva, Priscilla
A1 Mesquita, João
A1 Trkov, Marija
A1 Paragi, Metka
A1 Muñoz Torre, Raúl
A1 García Encina, Pedro Antonio
K1 COVID-19 (Disease)
K1 COVID-19 (Enfermedad)
K1 Wastewater
K1 Aguas residuales
K1 3202 Epidemiología
AB Wastewater-based epidemiology has shown to be a promising and innovative approach to measure a wide variety of illicit drugs that are consumed in the communities. In the same way as for illicit drugs, wastewater-based epidemiology is a promising approach to understand the prevalence of viruses in a community-level.The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created an unprecedented burden on public health and diagnostic laboratories all over the world because of the need for massive laboratory testing. Many studies have shown the applicability of a centralized wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) approach, where samples are collected at WWTPs. A more recent concept is a decentralized approach for WBE where samples are collected at different points of the sewer system and at polluted water bodies. The second being particularly important in countries where there are insufficient connections from houses to municipal sewage pipelines and thus untreated wastewater is discharged directly in environmental waters.A decentralized approach can be used to focus the value of diagnostic tests in what we call targeted-WBE, by monitoring wastewater in parts of the population where an outbreak is likely to happen, such as student dorms, retirement homes and hospitals. A combination of centralized and decentralized WBE should be considered for an affordable, sustainable, and successful WBE implementation in high-, middle- and low-income countries.
PB Elsevier
SN 2352-7714
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/53613
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/53613
LA eng
NO One Health, 2022, vol. 15, 100405
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 28-nov-2024