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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Application of Skimmed-Milk Flocculation Method for Wastewater Surveillance of COVID-19 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sarmila Tandukar, Ocean Thakali, Ananda Tiwari, Rakshya Baral, Bikash Malla, Eiji Haramoto, Jivan Shakya, Reshma Tuladhar, Dev Raj Joshi, Bhawana Sharma and 2 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. 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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Sarmila TandukarOrganization for Public Health and Environmental Management, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-9845-6385
Ocean ThakaliOrganization for Public Health and Environmental Management, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-6649-2322
Ananda TiwariExpert Microbiology Research Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, 70701 Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-8026-6885
Rakshya BaralCenter of Research Excellence in Wastewater Based Epidemiology, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7499-5109
Bikash MallaInterdisciplinary Center for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu 400-8511, Yamanashi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3078-0717
Eiji HaramotoInterdisciplinary Center for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu 400-8511, Yamanashi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0126-0651
Jivan ShakyaCentral Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 46000, Nepal.
Reshma TuladharCentral Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 46000, Nepal.
Dev Raj JoshiCentral Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 46000, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0003-4698-6322
Bhawana SharmaEnvironment and Public Health Organization, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Bhushan Raj ShresthaEnvironment and Public Health Organization, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Samendra P SherchanOrganization for Public Health and Environmental Management, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-0092-7928

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Abstract

Wastewater surveillance (WS) has been used globally as a complementary tool to monitor the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) throughout the pandemic. However, a concern about the appropriateness of WS in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) exists due to low sewer coverage and expensive viral concentration methods. In this study, influent wastewater samples (n = 63) collected from two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) of the Kathmandu Valley between March 2021 and February 2022 were concentrated using the economical skimmed-milk flocculation method (SMFM). The presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was tested by qPCR using assays that target the nucleocapsid (N) and envelope (E) genes. Overall, 84% (53/63) of the total samples were positive for SARS-CoV-2 according to at least one of the tested assays, with concentrations ranging from 3.5 to 8.3 log

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COVID-19FlocculationSARS-CoV-2WastewaterAnimalsHumansMilkNepalWastewaterCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2virus-concentrating methodwastewater-based epidemiology

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PMCPMC11124307

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