Assessment of two types of passive sampler for the efficient recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses from wastewater.

ABSTRACT: Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has proven to be a useful surveillance tool during the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and has driven research into evaluating the most reliable and cost-effective techniques for obtaining a representative sample of wastewater. When liquid samples cannot be taken efficiently, passive sampling approaches have been used, however, insufficient data exists on their usefulness for multi-virus capture and recovery. In this study, we compared the virus-binding capacity of two passive samplers (cotton-based tampons and ion exchange filter papers) in two different water types (deionised water and wastewater). Here we focused on the capture of wastewater-associated viruses including Influenza A and B (Flu-A & B), SARS-CoV-2, human adenovirus (AdV), norovirus GII (NoV

SUBMITTER: Kevill JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9181630 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature