Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels

During the last three years, various restrictions have been set up to limit the transmission of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). While these rules apply at a large scale (e.g., country-wide level) human-to-human transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome...

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Autores: Pico-Tomàs, Anna, Mejías Molina, Cristina, Zammit, Ian, Rusiñol Arantegui, Marta, Bofill Mas, Silvia, Borrego i Moré, Carles, Corominas Tabares, Lluís
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:COVID-19 (Malaltia)
COVID-19 (Disease)
Aigües residuals -- Mostreig
Sewage -- Sampling
Epidemiologia
Epidemiology
Malalties transmissibles -- Transmissió
Communicable diseases -- Transmission
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spelling Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levelsPico-Tomàs, AnnaMejías Molina, CristinaZammit, IanRusiñol Arantegui, MartaBofill Mas, SilviaBorrego i Moré, CarlesCorominas Tabares, LluísCOVID-19 (Malaltia)COVID-19 (Disease)Aigües residuals -- MostreigSewage -- SamplingEpidemiologiaEpidemiologyMalalties transmissibles -- TransmissióCommunicable diseases -- TransmissionDuring the last three years, various restrictions have been set up to limit the transmission of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). While these rules apply at a large scale (e.g., country-wide level) human-to-human transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), occurs at a small scale. Different preventive policies and testing protocols were implemented in buildings where COVID-19 poses a threat (e.g., elderly residences) or constitutes a disruptive force (e.g., schools). In this study, we sampled sewage from different buildings (a school, a university campus, a university residence, and an elderly residence) that host residents of different levels of vulnerability. Our main goal was to assess the agreement between the SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater and the policies applied in these buildings. All buildings were sampled using passive samplers while 24 h composite samples were also collected from the elderly residence. Results showed that passive samplers performed comparably well to composite samples while being cost-effective to keep track of COVID-19 prevalence. In the elderly residence, the comparison of sampling protocols (passive vs. active) combined with the strict clinical testing allowed us to compare the sensitivities of the two methods. Active sampling was more sensitive than passive sampling, as the former was able to detect a COVID-19 prevalence of 0.4 %, compared to a prevalence of 2.2 % for passive sampling. The number of COVID-19-positive individuals was tracked clinically in all the monitored buildings. More frequent detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater was observed in residential buildings than in non-residential buildings using passive samplers. In all buildings, sewage surveillance can be used to complement COVID-19 clinical testing regimes, as the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater remained positive even when no COVID-19-positive individuals were reported. Passive sampling is useful for building managers to adapt their COVID-19 mitigation policiesThis research has been financed through donations obtained during La Marató de TV3 in 2020, dedicated to COVID-19 within the project EpiSars (544/C/2021). ICRA authors acknowledge the funding provided by the Generalitat de Catalunya through the Consolidated Research Group grants 2021 SGR 01282 ICRA-ENV and 2021 SGR 01283 ICRA-TECH and the funding from the CERCA program of the Catalan GovernmentOpen Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Elsevier36Elsevier2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/22952http://hdl.handle.net/10256/22952Science of The Total Environment, 2023, vol. 872, art. núm. 162116Articles publicats (D-B)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162116info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0048-9697info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1879-1026Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/229522026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels
title Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels
spellingShingle Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels
Pico-Tomàs, Anna
COVID-19 (Malaltia)
COVID-19 (Disease)
Aigües residuals -- Mostreig
Sewage -- Sampling
Epidemiologia
Epidemiology
Malalties transmissibles -- Transmissió
Communicable diseases -- Transmission
title_short Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels
title_full Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels
title_fullStr Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels
title_full_unstemmed Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels
title_sort Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pico-Tomàs, Anna
Mejías Molina, Cristina
Zammit, Ian
Rusiñol Arantegui, Marta
Bofill Mas, Silvia
Borrego i Moré, Carles
Corominas Tabares, Lluís
author Pico-Tomàs, Anna
author_facet Pico-Tomàs, Anna
Mejías Molina, Cristina
Zammit, Ian
Rusiñol Arantegui, Marta
Bofill Mas, Silvia
Borrego i Moré, Carles
Corominas Tabares, Lluís
author_role author
author2 Mejías Molina, Cristina
Zammit, Ian
Rusiñol Arantegui, Marta
Bofill Mas, Silvia
Borrego i Moré, Carles
Corominas Tabares, Lluís
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19 (Malaltia)
COVID-19 (Disease)
Aigües residuals -- Mostreig
Sewage -- Sampling
Epidemiologia
Epidemiology
Malalties transmissibles -- Transmissió
Communicable diseases -- Transmission
topic COVID-19 (Malaltia)
COVID-19 (Disease)
Aigües residuals -- Mostreig
Sewage -- Sampling
Epidemiologia
Epidemiology
Malalties transmissibles -- Transmissió
Communicable diseases -- Transmission
description During the last three years, various restrictions have been set up to limit the transmission of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). While these rules apply at a large scale (e.g., country-wide level) human-to-human transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), occurs at a small scale. Different preventive policies and testing protocols were implemented in buildings where COVID-19 poses a threat (e.g., elderly residences) or constitutes a disruptive force (e.g., schools). In this study, we sampled sewage from different buildings (a school, a university campus, a university residence, and an elderly residence) that host residents of different levels of vulnerability. Our main goal was to assess the agreement between the SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater and the policies applied in these buildings. All buildings were sampled using passive samplers while 24 h composite samples were also collected from the elderly residence. Results showed that passive samplers performed comparably well to composite samples while being cost-effective to keep track of COVID-19 prevalence. In the elderly residence, the comparison of sampling protocols (passive vs. active) combined with the strict clinical testing allowed us to compare the sensitivities of the two methods. Active sampling was more sensitive than passive sampling, as the former was able to detect a COVID-19 prevalence of 0.4 %, compared to a prevalence of 2.2 % for passive sampling. The number of COVID-19-positive individuals was tracked clinically in all the monitored buildings. More frequent detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater was observed in residential buildings than in non-residential buildings using passive samplers. In all buildings, sewage surveillance can be used to complement COVID-19 clinical testing regimes, as the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater remained positive even when no COVID-19-positive individuals were reported. Passive sampling is useful for building managers to adapt their COVID-19 mitigation policies
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