ReviewEnvironmental research2021
Monitoring the presence and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in water-food-environmental compartments: State of the knowledge and research needs.
Review in Environmental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Does medical waste research during COVID-19 meet the challenge induced by the pandemic to waste management?Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2024Pooled it
- Community leaders' experiences of hepatitis E in a Namibian informal settlement: A qualitative study.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus, Surrogate for Coronavirus Decay Measurement in French Coastal Waters and Contribution to Coronavirus Risk Evaluation.Microbiology spectrum · 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
- 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
- SARS-CoV-2 circulation in Croatian wastewaters and the absence of SARS-CoV-2 in bivalve molluscan shellfish.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Cold Chain Food and COVID-19 Transmission Risk: From the Perspective of Consumption and Trade.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Occurrence, transformation, bioaccumulation, risk and analysis of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater: a review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Review
- Identification coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and physicochemical qualities in various water sources and the efficiency of water treatment plants in their removal- case study: Northwest region of Iran.Applied water science · 2022Article
- Co-occurring indicator pathogens for SARS-CoV-2: A review with emphasis on exposure rates and treatment technologies.Case studies in chemical and environmental engineering · 2021Article
- Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainable agri-food system and agroecosystem decarbonization nexus: A review.Journal of cleaner production · 2021Article
- Structural Topic Model Analysis of Mask-Wearing Issue Using International News Big Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Insights into hazardous solid waste generation during COVID-19 pandemic and sustainable management approaches for developing countries.Journal of material cycles and waste management · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2025-10-17Concerns/Issues about Authorship/Affiliation · Objections by Author(s) · · See also: https://pubpeer.com/publications/C4BFD5C20EE96F6B754262F3D81B43#0
- Retracted
Authors and funding
18 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The recent spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) and the accompanied coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has continued ceaselessly despite the implementations of popular measures, which include social distancing and outdoor face masking as recommended by the World Health Organization. Due to the unstable nature of the virus, leading to the emergence of new variants that are claimed to be more and rapidly transmissible, there is a need for further consideration of the alternative potential pathways of the virus transmissions to provide the needed and effective control measures. This review aims to address this important issue by examining the transmission pathways of SARS-CoV-2 via indirect contacts such as fomites and aerosols, extending to water, food, and other environmental compartments. This is essentially required to shed more light regarding the speculation of the virus spread through these media as the available information regarding this is fragmented in the literature. The existing state of the information on the presence and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in water-food-environmental compartments is essential for cause-and-effect relationships of human interactions and environmental samples to safeguard the possible transmission and associated risks through these media. Furthermore, the integration of effective remedial measures previously used to tackle the viral outbreaks and pandemics, and the development of new sustainable measures targeting at monitoring and curbing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 were emphasized. This study concluded that alternative transmission pathways via human interactions with environmental samples should not be ignored due to the evolving of more infectious and transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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