Authors
Md Aminul Islam, Md Arifur Rahman, Md Jakariya, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Foysal Hossen, Sanjoy Kumar Mukharjee, Mohammad Salim Hossain, Atkeeya Tasneem, Md Atiqul Haque, Francesco Sera, Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Tanvir Ahmed, Mohammad Nayeem Hasan, Md Tahmidul Islam, Amzad Hossain, Ruhul Amin, Ananda Tiwari, Md Didar-Ul-Alam, Kuldeep Dhama, Prosun Bhattacharya, Firoz Ahmed
Publication date
2023/2/1
Journal
Science of the Total Environment
Volume
858
Pages
159350
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) is an important tool to fight against COVID-19 as it provides insights into the health status of the targeted population from a small single house to a large municipality in a cost-effective, rapid, and non-invasive way. The implementation of wastewater based surveillance (WBS) could reduce the burden on the public health system, management of pandemics, help to make informed decisions, and protect public health. In this study, a house with COVID-19 patients was targeted for monitoring the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 genetic markers in wastewater samples (WS) with clinical specimens (CS) for a period of 30 days. RT-qPCR technique was employed to target nonstructural (ORF1ab) and structural-nucleocapsid (N) protein genes of SARS-CoV-2, according to a validated experimental protocol. Physiological, environmental, and biological parameters were also measured …
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