Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: A wastewater-based approach
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| Autors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Data de publicació: | 2022 |
| Descripció: | Clinical testing of children in schools is challenging, with economic implications limiting its frequent use as a monitoring tool of the risks assumed by children and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, a wastewater-based epidemiology approach has been used to monitor 16 schools (10 primary, 5 secondary and 1 post-16 and further education) in England. A total of 296 samples over 9 weeks have been analysed for N1 and E genes using qPCR methods. Of the samples returned, 47.3% were positive for one or both genes with a detection frequency in line with the respective local community. WBE offers a low cost, non-invasive approach for supplementing clinical testing and can provide longitudinal insights that are impractical with traditional clinical testing. |
| Pais: | Kérwá |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/87553 |
| Accés en línia: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270168 https://hdl.handle.net/10669/87553 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Paraula clau: | SARS-CoV-2 CHILDREN WASTEWATER Clinical testing SCHOOLS |