A Simple Method to Detect SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater at Low Virus Concentration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since its initial appearance in December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread globally. Wastewater surveillance has been demonstrated as capable of identifying infection clusters early. The purpose of this study was to investigate a quick and simple method to detect SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in Thailand during the early stages of the second outbreak wave when the prevalence of the disease and the virus concentration in wastewater were low.

Methods

Wastewater samples were collected from a hospital caring for patients with COVID-19 and from 35 markets, two of which were associated with recently reported COVID-19 cases. Then, samples were concentrated by membrane filtering prior t

SUBMITTER: Thongpradit S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888108 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature