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ArticleFood and environmental virology2022

One-Year Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Rotavirus in Water Matrices from a Hot Spring Area.

M Salvo, J Azambuya, N Baccardatz, A Moriondo, R Blanco, M Martinez, M Direnna, G Bertolini, P Gamazo, R Colina and 2 more

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Article in Food and environmental virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

M SalvoWater Department, Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte, Universidad de La República, Rivera 1350, 50000, Salto, CP, Uruguay.
J AzambuyaAdministración de Las Obras Sanitarias del Estado, Salto, Uruguay.
N BaccardatzAdministración de Las Obras Sanitarias del Estado, Salto, Uruguay.
A MoriondoMinistry of Public Health, Salto, Uruguay.
R BlancoMinistry of Public Health, Salto, Uruguay.
M MartinezIntendencia de Salto, Salto, Uruguay.
M DirennaIntendencia de Salto, Salto, Uruguay.
G BertoliniIntendencia de Salto, Salto, Uruguay.
P GamazoWater Department, Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte, Universidad de La República, Rivera 1350, 50000, Salto, CP, Uruguay.
R ColinaLaboratory of Molecular Virology, Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Rivera 1350, 50000, Salto, CP, Uruguay.
E AlvaredaWater Department, Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte, Universidad de La República, Rivera 1350, 50000, Salto, CP, Uruguay. alvareda@fq.edu.uy.ORCID 0000-0002-6065-5741
M VictoriaLaboratory of Molecular Virology, Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Rivera 1350, 50000, Salto, CP, Uruguay. matvicmon@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6101-6936
Universidad de la República de Uruguay · UYLos Algarrobos Observatory · UYAdministracion de los Servicios de Salud del Estado · UY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is still impacting not only on human health but also all economic activities, especially in those related to tourism. In this study, in order to characterize the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in a hot spring park in Uruguay, swimming pools water, wastewater, and surface water from this area were analyzed by quantitative PCR. Wastewater from Salto city located next to the hydrothermal spring area was also evaluated as well as the presence of Rotavirus (RV). Overall, SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 13% (13/102) of the analyzed samples. Moreover, this virus was not detected in any of the samples from the swimming pools water and was present in 18% (3/17) of wastewater samples from the hotels area showing the same trend between the titer of SARS-CoV-2 and the number of infected people in Salto city. SARS-CoV-2 was also detected in wastewater samples (32% (11/34)) from Salto city, detecting the first positive sample when 105 persons were positive for SARS-CoV-2. Rotavirus was detected only in 10% (2/24) of the wastewater samples analyzed in months when partial lockdown measures were taken, however, this virus was detected in nearly all wastewater samples analyzed when social distancing measures and partial lockdown were relaxed. Wastewater results confirmed the advantages of using the detection and quantification of viruses in this matrix in order to evaluate the presence of these viruses in the population, highlighting the usefulness of this approach to define and apply social distancing. This study suggests that waters from swimming pools are not a source of infection for SARS-CoV-2, although more studies are needed including infectivity assays in order to confirm this statement.

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COVID-19Hot SpringsRotavirusCommunicable Disease ControlHumansSARS-CoV-2WastewaterWaterWastewaterWaterGeothermal hot springRotavirusSARS-CoV-2Wastewater-based epidemiology

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PMID36181654
PMCPMC9525940
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