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ArticleScience in One Health2022

Wastewater-based epidemiological investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil.

Bruno Aschidamini Prandi, Arthur Tonietto Mangini, Waldemir Santiago Neto, André Jarenkow, Lina Violet-Lozano, Aline Alves Scarpellini Campos, Evandro Ricardo da Costa Colares, Paula Regina de Oliveira Buzzetto, Camila Bernardes Azambuja, Lisiane Correa de Barros Trombin and 6 more

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. The potential of long-term wastewater-based surveillance to predict COVID-19 waves peak in Mexico.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2025
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  4. Power of One Health: the first year ofScience in One Health · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Bruno Aschidamini PrandiVirology Laboratory, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Arthur Tonietto ManginiVirology Laboratory, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Waldemir Santiago NetoVirology Laboratory, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
André JarenkowState Center for Health Surveillance, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90119-900, Brazil.
Lina Violet-LozanoVirology Laboratory, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Aline Alves Scarpellini CamposVirology Laboratory, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Evandro Ricardo da Costa ColaresState Center for Health Surveillance, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90119-900, Brazil.
Paula Regina de Oliveira BuzzettoMunicipal Water and Sewage department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Camila Bernardes AzambujaMunicipal Water and Sewage department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Lisiane Correa de Barros TrombinState Center for Health Surveillance, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90119-900, Brazil.
Margot de Souza RaugustState Center for Health Surveillance, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90119-900, Brazil.
Rafaela LorenziniState Center for Health Surveillance, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90119-900, Brazil.
Alberto da Silva LarreState Center for Health Surveillance, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90119-900, Brazil.
Caroline RigottoFEEVALE University, ERS 239 n° 2755, Novo Hamburgo, RS, 93352-000, Brazil.
Fabrício Souza CamposVirology Laboratory, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Ana Cláudia FrancoVirology Laboratory, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) may be successfully used to comprehensively monitor and determine the scale and dynamics of some infections in the community. We monitored severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in raw wastewater samples from Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. The samples were collected and analyzed every week between May 2020 to May 2021. Meanwhile, different social restrictions were applied according to the number of hospitalized patients in the region. Weekly samples were obtained from two wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), named Navegantes and Serraria. To determine the SARS-CoV-2 RNA titers in wastewater, we performed RT-qPCR analysis targeting the N gene (N1). The highest titer of SARS-CoV-2 RNA was observed between epidemiological weeks (EWs) 33-37 (August), 42-43 (October), 45-46 (November), 49-51 (December) in 2020, and 1-3 (January), 7-13 (February to March) in 2021, with viral loads ranging from 1 × 10

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RT-qPCRSARS-CoV-2Social restrictionsUltracentrifugationWastewater based epidemiology

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PMCPMC9894774

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