ReviewThe Science of the total environment2021
SARS-CoV-2 in the environment-Non-droplet spreading routes.
Review in The Science of the total environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens in municipal wastewater, landfill leachate, and solid waste: A review about virus surveillance, infectivity, and inactivation.Environmental research · 2022Pooled it
- Environmental impact of increased soap consumption during COVID-19 pandemic: Biodegradable soap production and sustainable packaging.The Science of the total environment · 2021Pooled it
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- Successfully addressing non-compliance with behavioral and social infection control measures is a critical component in management of healthcare worker COVID-19 outbreaks: learning outcomes from the first staff outbreak in the main maternity hospital in Qatar.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Natural and socio-environmental factors in the transmission of COVID-19: a comprehensive analysis of epidemiology and mechanisms.BMC public health · 2024Review
- Virucidal efficacy of hypochlorous acid water for aqueous phase and atomization against SARS-CoV-2.Journal of water and health · 2024Article
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- The impact of plastic during the COVID-19 pandemic: The point of view of the environmental science literature.Materials today. Proceedings · 2023Article
- Estimating spatially disaggregated probability of severe COVID-19 and the impact of handwashing interventions: The case of Zimbabwe.PloS one · 2023Article
- Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: resilience and sustainability - A review.Environmental research · 2023Review
- Inactivation of airborne SARS-Co-V2 using NTP-UVGI hybrid process.International journal of environmental science and technology : IJEST · 2023Article
- A safe haven of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment: Prevalence and potential transmission risks in the effluent, sludge, and biosolids.Geoscience frontiers · 2022Article
- Study of the correlation between Covid-19 cases and deaths and basic sanitation in Brazil: Is this a possible secondary route of virus transmission?Journal of hazardous materials advances · 2022Article
- Theoretical investigation on the interactions of microplastics with a SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragment and their potential impacts on viral transport and exposure.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Elucidating the role of environmental management of forests, air quality, solid waste and wastewater on the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2022Review
- Waste management, COVID-19 and occupational safety and health: Challenges, insights and evidence.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- A review on the contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in water bodies: Transmission route, virus recovery and recent biosensor detection techniques.Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research · 2022Article
- On-the-Job Safety During Enlarging an Intensive Care Unit for the COVID-19 Pandemic: Team-Based Approach with Low Infection Rate of the Staff.Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2022Article
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Abstract
The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in Wuhan (China) in December 2019, represents the same family as the Serve Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-1 (SARS-CoV-1). These viruses spread mainly via the droplet route. However, during the pandemic of COVID-19 other reservoirs, i.e., water (surface and ground), sewage, garbage, or soil, should be considered. As the infectious SARS-CoV-2 particles are also present in human excretions, such a non-droplet transmission is also possible. A significant problem is the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the hospital environment, including patients' rooms, medical equipment, everyday objects and the air. Relevant is selecting the type of equipment in the COVID-19 hospital wards on which the virus particles persist the shortest or do not remain infectious. Elimination of plastic objects/equipment from the environment of the infected person seems to be of great importance. It is particularly relevant in water reservoirs contaminated with raw discharges. Wastewater may contain coronaviruses and therefore there is a need for expanding Water-Based Epidemiology (WBE) studies to use obtained values as tool in determination of the actual percentage of the SARS-CoV-2 infected population in an area. It is of great importance to evaluate the available disinfection methods to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment. Exposure of SARS-CoV-2 to 65-70% ethanol, 0.5% hydrogen peroxide, or 0.1% sodium hypochlorite has effectively eliminated the virus from the surfaces. Since there are many unanswered questions about the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the research on this topic is still ongoing. This review aims to summarize current knowledge on the SARS-CoV-2 transmission and elucidate the viral survival in the environment, with particular emphasis on the possibility of non-droplet transmission.
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