Municipal wastewater viral pollution in Saudi Arabia: effect of hot climate on COVID-19 disease spreading

被引：16

作者：

Alahdal, Hadil M. ^{[1
]}

Ameen, Fuad ^{[2
]}

AlYahya, Sami ^{[3
]}

Sonbol, Hana ^{[1
]}

Khan, Anas ^{[4
,5
]}

Alsofayan, Yousef ^{[5
]}

Alahmari, Ahmed ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[2] King Saud Univ, Coll Sci, Dept Bot & Microbiol, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

[3] King Abdulaziz City Sci & Technol, Natl Ctr Biotechnol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[4] King Saud Univ, Coll Med, Dept Emergency Med, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[5] Minist Hlth, Global Ctr Mass Gatherings Med, POB 11461, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH | 2023年 / 30卷 / 10期

关键词：

Coronavirus; Health effects; Viral contamination; Sewage treatment; SARS-COV-2; RNA; SURVEILLANCE; SEWAGE; CORONAVIRUSES; SLUDGE; FATE;

D O I：

10.1007/s11356-021-14809-2

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The viral RNA of SARS-Coronavirus-2 is known to be contaminating municipal wastewater. We aimed to assess if COVID-19 disease is spreading through wastewater. We studied the amount of viral RNA in raw sewage and the efficiency of the sewage treatment to remove the virus. Sewage water was collected before and after the activated sludge process three times during summer 2020 from three different sewage treatment plants. The sewage treatment was efficient in removing SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA. Each sewage treatment plant gathered wastewater from one hospital, of which COVID-19 admissions were used to describe the level of disease occurrence in the area. The presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA-specific target genes (N1, N2, and E) was confirmed using RT-qPCR analysis. However, hospital admission did not correlate significantly with viral RNA. Moreover, viral RNA loads were relatively low, suggesting that sewage might preserve viral RNA in a hot climate only for a short time.

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页码：25050 / 25057

页数：8

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