Occurrence of various viruses and recent evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater systems

JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

卷:414

Review

Ali, Waqar¹  Zhang, Hua¹  Wang, Zhenglu²  Chang, Chuanyu¹  Javed, Asif³  Ali, Kamran⁴  Du, Wei⁵  Niazi, Nabeel Khan⁶  Mao, Kang¹  Yang, Zhugen⁷ 

[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, State Key Lab Environm Geochem, Guiyang 550081, Peoples R China

[2] Hohai Univ, Coll Oceanog, Key Lab Marine Hazards Forecasting, Minist Nat Resources, Nanjing 210098, Peoples R China

[3] Bahria Univ Islamabad, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Islamabad, Pakistan

[4] Natl Univ Sci & Technol NUST, Sch Civil & Environm Engn SCEE, Inst Environm Sci & Engn IESE, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

[5] East China Normal Univ, Sch Geog Sci, Key Lab Geog Informat Sci, Minist Educ, Shanghai 200241, Peoples R China

[6] Univ Agr Faisalabad, Inst Soil & Environm Sci, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan

[7] Cranfield Univ, Cranfield Water Sci Inst, Cranfield MK43 0AL, Beds, England

关键词: Viruses;    SARS-CoV-2;    Spatial distribution;    Wastewater;    Human health hazards;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125439

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Viruses are omnipresent and persistent in wastewater, which poses a risk to human health. In this review, we summarise the different qualitative and quantitative methods for virus analysis in wastewater and systematically discuss the spatial distribution and temporal patterns of various viruses (i.e., enteric viruses, Caliciviridae (Noroviruses (NoVs)), Picornaviridae (Enteroviruses (EVs)), Hepatitis A virus (HAV)), and Adenoviridae (Adenoviruses (AdVs))) in wastewater systems. Then we critically review recent SARS-CoV-2 studies to understand the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic through wastewater surveillance. SARS-CoV-2 genetic material has been detected in wastewater from France, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Japan, Spain, Turkey, India, Pakistan, China, and the USA. We then discuss the utility of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) to estimate the occurrence, distribution, and genetic diversity of these viruses and generate human health risk assessment. Finally, we not only promote the prevention of viral infectious disease transmission through wastewater but also highlight the potential use of WBE as an early warning system for public health assessment.

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