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ReviewTrends in analytical chemistry : TRAC2021

Analytical methodologies for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: Protocols and future perspectives.

Nikiforos Alygizakis, Athina N Markou, Nikolaos I Rousis, Aikaterini Galani, Margaritis Avgeris, Panagiotis G Adamopoulos, Andreas Scorilas, Evi S Lianidou, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Sotirios Tsiodras and 3 more

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Review in Trends in analytical chemistry : TRAC, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  18. SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater treatment plant, collection network, and hospital wastewater.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Nikiforos AlygizakisLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Athina N MarkouLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos I RousisLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Aikaterini GalaniLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Margaritis AvgerisLaboratory of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Second Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis G AdamopoulosLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Andreas ScorilasLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Evi S LianidouLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios ParaskevisDepartment of Hygiene Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Sotirios TsiodrasFourth Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University General Hospital Attikon, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Athanassios TsakrisDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Meletios-Athanasios DimopoulosDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos S ThomaidisLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In March 2020 the World Health Organization announced a pandemic outbreak. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative pathogen for the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic. The authorities worldwide use clinical science to identify infected people, but this approach is not able to track all symptomatic and asymptomatic cases due to limited sampling capacity of the testing laboratories. This drawback is eliminated by the Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) approach. In this review, we summarized the peer-reviewed published literature (available as of September 28, 2020), in the field of WBE. The commonly used steps (sampling, storage, concentration, isolation, detection) of the analytical protocols were identified. The potential limitations of each stage of the protocols and good practices were discussed. Finally, new methods for the efficient detection of SARS-CoV-2 were proposed.

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ConcentrationCOVID-19 pandemicInfluent wastewaterIsolationMolecular methods detectionRT-qPCRSamplingSymptomatic and asymptomaticTemperature storageWastewater-based epidemiology

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PMID33235400
PMCPMC7677696

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