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ArticleGeoscience frontiers2022

A safe haven of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment: Prevalence and potential transmission risks in the effluent, sludge, and biosolids.

Bashir Adelodun, Pankaj Kumar, Golden Odey, Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade, Rahmat Gbemisola Ibrahim, Saad A M Alamri, Sulaiman A Alrumman, Ebrahem M Eid, Vinod Kumar, Khalid Adeola Adeyemi and 4 more

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Article in Geoscience frontiers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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14 authors.

Bashir AdelodunDepartment of Agricultural Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea.
Pankaj KumarAgro-ecology and Pollution Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar 249404, Uttarakhand, India.
Golden OdeyDepartment of Agricultural Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea.
Fidelis Odedishemi AjibadeDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure, Nigeria.
Rahmat Gbemisola IbrahimKwara State Ministry of Health, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Saad A M AlamriBiology Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia.
Sulaiman A AlrummanBiology Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia.
Ebrahem M EidBiology Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia.
Vinod KumarAgro-ecology and Pollution Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar 249404, Uttarakhand, India.
Khalid Adeola AdeyemiDepartment of Agricultural Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea.
Ashish Kumar AryaDepartment of Environmental Science, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Deharadun, 248002 Uttarakhand, India.
Archana BachhetiDepartment of Environmental Science, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Deharadun, 248002 Uttarakhand, India.
Marcos L S OliveiraDepartment of Civil and Environmental, Universidad De La Costa, Calle 58 #55-66, 080002 Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia.
Kyung Sook ChoiDepartment of Agricultural Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which has caused millions of death globally is recognized to be unstable and recalcitrant in the environment, especially in the way it has been evolving to form new and highly transmissible variants. Of particular concerns are human-environment interactions and the handling and reusing the environmental materials, such as effluents, sludge, or biosolids laden with the SARS-CoV-2 without adequate treatments, thereby suggesting potential transmission and health risks. This study assesses the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in effluents, sludge, and biosolids. Further, we evaluate the environmental, ecological, and health risks of reusing these environmental materials by wastewater/sludge workers and farmers. A systematic review of literature from the Scopus database resulted in a total of 21 articles (11 for effluents, 8 for sludge, and 2 for biosolids) that met the criteria for meta-analysis, which are then subdivided into 30 meta-analyzed studies. The prevalence of SAR-CoV-2 RNA in effluent and sludge based on random-effect models are 27.51 and 10

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COVID-19Environmental materialsHealth risksSARS-CoV-2Wastewater workers

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PMCPMC8861126

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