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ArticleJournal of hazardous materials advances2022

Long term detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in Bahrain.

J Herrera-Uribe, P Naylor, E Rajab, B Mathews, Gulnur Coskuner, Majeed S Jassim, M Al-Qahtani, N J Stevenson

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Article in Journal of hazardous materials advances, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

J Herrera-UribeViral Immunology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
P NaylorMuharraq Wastewater Services Co. Muharraq STP, Hidd, Bahrain.
E RajabSchool of Medicine, RCSI Bahrain, P.O. Box 15503, Adliya, Bahrain.
B MathewsMuharraq Wastewater Services Co. Muharraq STP, Hidd, Bahrain.
Gulnur CoskunerDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, Bahrain.
Majeed S JassimDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, Bahrain.
M Al-QahtaniSchool of Medicine, RCSI Bahrain, P.O. Box 15503, Adliya, Bahrain.
N J StevensonViral Immunology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain · BHUniversity of Bahrain · BHTrinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology is a corroborated environmental surveillance tool in the global fight against SARS-CoV-2. The analysis of wastewater for detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA may assist policymakers to survey a specific infectious community. Herein, we report on a long-term quantification study in Bahrain to investigate the incidence of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ∼260,000 population of Muharraq Island in Bahrain is served by a discrete sewerage catchment, and all wastewater flows to a single large Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) with a capacity of 100,000 m

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BahrainCOVID-19qPCRSARS-CoV-2SurveillanceWastewater

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PMID37520797
PMCPMC9088096
OpenAlexW4280626279

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