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ReviewJournal of King Saud University. Science2021

A review on Saudi Arabian wastewater treatment facilities and available disinfection methods: Implications to SARS-CoV-2 control.

Hadil M Alahdal, Sami AlYahya, Fuad Ameen, Hana Sonbol, Mohammad N Alomary

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Review in Journal of King Saud University. Science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. WaterborneJournal of water and health · 2024
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  3. Assessment of airborne pollutants in wastewater treatment plants.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hadil M AlahdalDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sami AlYahyaNational Center for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fuad AmeenDepartment of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Hana SonbolDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad N AlomaryNational Center for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has severe impacts on human health and economy worldwide. Aerosols and droplets are the major routes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing COVID-19 disease. However, wastewater is a possible transmission pathway. Therefore, many studies have been published about the relation of wastewater and COVID-19 disease. Many studies have shown the presence of viral RNA in wastewater throughout the world recently. Therefore, research on wastewater treatments and disinfection methods are needed. Communities must make sure that the virus is not transmitted via treated wastewater. This review focuses on the Saudi Arabian wastewater treatment and disinfection techniques to assess the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 transmission through wastewaters. In view of the current pandemic situation, the wide analysis of wastewater treatments in Saudi Arabia is needed. The review gives guidelines to develop the wastewater treatment in Saudi Arabia.

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DetectionEpidemiologySARS-CoV-2Saudi ArabiaWaste water

Identifiers

PMID34421280
PMCPMC8372479

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