Rapid Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risk for Fecally Contaminated River Water.

ABSTRACT: Following the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), airborne water droplets have been identified as the main transmission route. Identifying and breaking all viable transmission routes are critical to stop future outbreaks, and the potential of transmission by water has been highlighted. By modifying established approaches, we provide a method for the rapid assessment of the risk of transmission posed by fecally contaminated river water and give example results for 39 countries. The country relative risk of transmission posed by fecally contaminated river water is related to the environment and the populations' infection rate and water usage. On the basis of in vitro data and using temperature as the primary controller of survival, we then demonstrate how

SUBMITTER: Shutler JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7931626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature