TY - JOUR
T1 - Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh
T2 - Opportunities and challenges
AU - Haque, Rehnuma
AU - Moe, Christine L.
AU - Raj, Suraja J.
AU - Ong, Li
AU - Charles, Katrina
AU - Ross, Allen G.
AU - Shirin, Tahmina
AU - Raqib, Rubhana
AU - Sarker, Protim
AU - Rahman, Mahbubur
AU - Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur
AU - Amin, Nuhu
AU - Mahmud, Zahid Hayat
AU - Johnston, Dara
AU - Akter, Nargis
AU - Khan, Taqsem A.
AU - Hossain, Md Alamgir
AU - Hasan, Rezaul
AU - Islam, M. Tahmidul
AU - Bhattacharya, Prosun
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Rehnuma Haque is supported by the Global Health Equity Scholars Program NIH FIC and NIEHS D43 TW010540. The authors thank to UNICEF/SDC and the Life science technology platform, Science for Life Laboratory for the funding to initiate the SARS-CoV-2 WBE project at icddr, b, Bangladesh. icddr, b gratefully acknowledge our core donors including the Governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Sweden, and the UK, for their support and commitment to icddr, b research efforts.
Funding Information:
Dr. Rehnuma Haque is supported by the Global Health Equity Scholars Program NIH FIC and NIEHS D43 TW010540 . The authors thank to UNICEF / SDC and the Life science technology platform, Science for Life Laboratory for the funding to initiate the SARS-CoV-2 WBE project at icddr, b, Bangladesh . icddr, b gratefully acknowledge our core donors including the Governments of Bangladesh, Canada, Sweden, and the UK, for their support and commitment to icddr, b research efforts.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a public health crisis of global concern. The progression of the COVID-19 pandemic has been monitored in the first place by testing symptomatic individuals for SARS-CoV-2 virus in the respiratory samples. Concurrently, wastewater carries feces, urine, and sputum that potentially contains SARS-CoV-2 intact virus or partially damaged viral genetic materials excreted by infected individuals. This brings significant opportunities for understanding the infection dynamics by environmental surveillance. It has advantages for the country, especially in densely populated areas where individual clinical testing is difficult. However, there are several challenges including: 1) establishing a sampling plan and schedule that is representative of the various catchment populations 2) development and validation of standardized protocols for the laboratory analysis 3) understanding hydraulic flows and virus transport in complex wastewater drainage systems and 4) collaborative efforts from government agencies, NGOs, public health units and academia.
AB - The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a public health crisis of global concern. The progression of the COVID-19 pandemic has been monitored in the first place by testing symptomatic individuals for SARS-CoV-2 virus in the respiratory samples. Concurrently, wastewater carries feces, urine, and sputum that potentially contains SARS-CoV-2 intact virus or partially damaged viral genetic materials excreted by infected individuals. This brings significant opportunities for understanding the infection dynamics by environmental surveillance. It has advantages for the country, especially in densely populated areas where individual clinical testing is difficult. However, there are several challenges including: 1) establishing a sampling plan and schedule that is representative of the various catchment populations 2) development and validation of standardized protocols for the laboratory analysis 3) understanding hydraulic flows and virus transport in complex wastewater drainage systems and 4) collaborative efforts from government agencies, NGOs, public health units and academia.
KW - Low-income countries
KW - Sanitation
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Sewage
KW - WASH
KW - Wastewater
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U2 - 10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100334
DO - 10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100334
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35434440
AN - SCOPUS:85127949701
VL - 27
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health
SN - 2468-5844
M1 - 100334
ER -
