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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Six Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants at the Early Stage of COVID-19 Pandemic in The United States.

Samendra P Sherchan, Shalina Shahin, Jeenal Patel, Lauren M Ward, Sarmila Tandukar, Sital Uprety, Bradley W Schmitz, Warish Ahmed, Stuart Simpson, Pradip Gyawali

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Samendra P SherchanDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Shalina ShahinDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Jeenal PatelDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Lauren M WardDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4095-9342
Sarmila TandukarPolicy Research Institute, Sano Gaucharan, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-9845-6385
Sital UpretySwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Eawag, Überlandstrasse 133, Dübendorf, 8600 Zürich, Switzerland.
Bradley W SchmitzYuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA), University of Arizona, 6425 W. 8th St., Yuma, AZ 85364, USA.
Warish AhmedCSIRO Land and Water, Ecosciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia.
Stuart SimpsonCSIRO Land and Water, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia.
Pradip GyawaliInstitute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd., Porirua 5240, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-0812-7191

Funding

Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in WastewaterR21AI157434 · NIAID · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI SHERCHAN, SAMENDRA P · 2020 to 2020
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NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI157434
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the occurrence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in primary influent (

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2 RNAtransmission riskwastewaterwastewater treatment

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PMID34201687
PMCPMC8308538

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