ArticleACS ES&T water2022
Detection, Quantification, and Simplified Wastewater Surveillance Model of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the Tijuana River.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Recent progress on wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 surveillance: A systematic review of analytical procedures and epidemiological modeling.The Science of the total environment · 2023Pooled it
- Contaminated Tijuana River Contributes to Regional Particulate Matter (PM) Levels Highlighting Overlooked Water-Air Transfer of Gaseous PM Precursors.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants in southwest Ohio municipal wastewater.Environmental science : water research & technology · 2025Article
- Exploring indoor and outdoor dust as a potential tool for detection and monitoring of COVID-19 transmission.iScience · 2024Article
- Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities and antibiotic resistant genes in the Tijuana river, and potential sources.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2024Article
- Exposure of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) to SARS-CoV-2 at predicted environmentally relevant concentrations: Outspreading warns about ecotoxicological risks to freshwater fish.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Bacterial and Chemical Evidence of Coastal Water Pollution from the Tijuana River in Sea Spray Aerosol.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Toxicity assessment of SARS-CoV-2-derived peptides in combination with a mix of pollutants on zebrafish adults: A perspective study of behavioral, biometric, mutagenic, and biochemical toxicity.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Contamination in the U.S. Portion of the Tijuana River Watershed.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Short-term exposure of the mayfly larvae (Cloeon dipterum, Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) to SARS-CoV-2-derived peptides and other emerging pollutants: A new threat for the aquatic environments.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Presence and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in aquatic environments: A mini-review.Current opinion in environmental science & health · 2022Review
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in sewage has expanded global interest in wastewater surveillance. However, many underserved communities throughout the world lack improved sanitation and use informal combined sanitary and storm sewer systems. Sewage is transported via open channels, ditches, and rivers, where it mixes with surface water and/or stormwater. There is a need to develop better methods for the surveillance of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 RNA in this context. We developed a simplified surveillance system and monitored flow rates and concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the Tijuana River at two locations downstream of the United States-Mexico border in California, United States. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in the upstream location on six out of eight occasions, two of which were at concentrations as high as those reported in untreated wastewater from California sanitary sewer systems. The virus was not detected in any of the eight samples collected at the downstream (estuarine) sampling location, despite the consistent detection of PMMoV RNA. Synchrony was observed between the number of cases reported in Tijuana and the SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations measured with the CDC N1 assay when the latter were normalized by the reported flow rates in the river.
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