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Monkeypox Virus Occurrence in Wastewater Environment and Its Correlation with Incidence Cases of Mpox: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Study.

Cornelius A Omatola, Ropo E Ogunsakin, Ademola O Olaniran, Sheena Kumari

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Cornelius A OmatolaInstitute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5928-7240
Ropo E OgunsakinSchool of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0084, South Africa.
Ademola O OlaniranDiscipline of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0586-0558
Sheena KumariInstitute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the interest in the use of wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) strategy for infectious disease monitoring, especially when clinical cases are underreported. The excretion of monkey virus (MPXV) in the feces of both symptomatic and preclinical individuals has further driven the interest in WBS applicability to MPXV monitoring in wastewater to support its mitigation efforts. We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis, using six databases to assess MPXV detection in wastewater. We performed a random-effects model meta-analysis to calculate the pooled prevalence at a 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Also, we carried out a subgroup analysis according to the country regions and a sensitivity analysis excluding studies classified as having a high risk of bias. The overall MPXV positivity rate in wastewater was estimated at 22% (95% CI: 14-30%;

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Mpox, MonkeypoxWastewaterEuropeFecesHumansIncidenceWastewaterincidence casesmpoxmpox viruswastewater surveillance

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PMID40143239
PMCPMC11945618

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