Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Cost-Effective Mass Surveillance of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
Shrestha, Sadhana, Yoshinaga, Emi, Chapagain, Saroj, Mohan, Geetha, Gasparatos, Alexandros and Fukushi, Kensuke, (2021). Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Cost-Effective Mass Surveillance of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Challenges and Opportunities. Water, 13(20), 1-14
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Sub-type Journal article Author Shrestha, Sadhana
Yoshinaga, Emi
Chapagain, Saroj
Mohan, Geetha
Gasparatos, Alexandros
Fukushi, KensukeTitle Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Cost-Effective Mass Surveillance of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Challenges and Opportunities Appearing in Water Volume 13 Issue No. 20 Publication Date 2021-10-15 Place of Publication Basel Publisher MDPI Start page 1 End page 14 Language eng Abstract Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an approach that can be used to estimate COVID-19 prevalence in the population by detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in wastewater. As the WBE approach uses pooled samples from the study population, it is an inexpensive and non-invasive mass surveillance method compared to individual testing. Thus, it offers a good complement in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) facing high costs of testing or social stigmatization, and it has a huge potential to monitor SARS-CoV-2 and its variants to curb the global COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this review is to systematize the current evidence about the application of the WBE approach in mass surveillance of COVID-19 infection in LMICs, as well as its future potential. UNBIS Thesaurus POLICY-MAKING Keyword Wastewater-based epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2 variants
Wastewater management
Mass surveillance
Poor sanitation coverageCopyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2021 Copyright type Creative commons DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202897 -
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