ArticleiScience2023
COVID-19 monitoring with sparse sampling of sewered and non-sewered wastewater in urban and rural communities.
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33 authors at 18 institutions in 9 countries.
Dhammika Leshan WannigamaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
Mohan AmarasiriLaboratory of Environmental Hygiene, Department of Health Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Sagamihara-Minami, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan.
Parichart HongsingMae Fah Luang University Hospital, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Cameron HurstMolly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Charin ModchangBiophysics Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Sudarat ChadsuthiDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand.
Suparinthon AnupongBiophysics Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Phatthranit PhattharapornjaroenFaculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ali Hosseini Rad S MDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago 9010, New Zealand.
Stefan FernandezDepartment of Virology, U.S. Army Medical Directorate, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Angkana T HuangDepartment of Virology, U.S. Army Medical Directorate, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Porames VatanaprasanFaculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Dylan John JayPathogen Hunter's Research Collaborative Team, Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
Thammakorn SaethangDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sirirat Luk-InDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Robin James StorerOffice of Research Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Puey OunjaiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Naveen Kumar Devanga RagupathiSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Phitsanuruk KanthaweePublic Health major, School of Health Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Daisuke SanoDepartment of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Takashi FurukawaLaboratory of Environmental Hygiene, Department of Health Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Sagamihara-Minami, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan.
Kazunari SeiLaboratory of Environmental Hygiene, Department of Health Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Sagamihara-Minami, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan.
Asada LeelahavanichkulDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
Talerngsak KanjanabuchDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nattiya HirankarnDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand.
Paul G HigginsInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Anthony KicicWal-Yan Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.
Andrew C SingerUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, OX10 8BB Wallingford, UK.
Tanittha ChatsuwanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sam TrowsdaleDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
Shuichi AbeDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
Alexander D McLellanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago 9010, New Zealand.
Hitoshi IshikawaYamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Kamiyanagi, Yamagata 990-2212, Japan.
Mahidol University · THChulalongkorn University · THKitasato University · JPThai Red Cross Society · THArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science · THMae Fah Luang University · THYamagata Prefectural Central Hospital · JPChristian Medical College, Vellore · INKasetsart University · THNaresuan University · THQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUThe Kids Research Institute Australia · AUTohoku University · JPUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology · GBUniversity of Auckland · NZUniversity of Cologne · DEUniversity of Otago · NZYamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences · JP
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Abstract
Equitable SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in low-resource communities lacking centralized sewers is critical as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) progresses. However, large-scale studies on SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater from low-and middle-income countries is limited because of economic and technical reasons. In this study, wastewater samples were collected twice a month from 186 urban and rural subdistricts in nine provinces of Thailand mostly having decentralized and non-sewered sanitation infrastructure and analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 RNA variants using allele-specific RT-qPCR. Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration was used to estimate the real-time incidence and time-varying effective reproduction number (R
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