-Ruchita Karmakar, Amity University Kolkata
Researchers extracted the nucleic acid from the sludge solid and used the reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) to find the N1 and N2 gene that targets SARs-CoV2. They successfully detected the pathogen in all samples of wastewater. A high-resolution data-set, better than influent and the statistical analysis, emerged from examining wastewater.
Although contamination via droplet infection is contagious, yet scientists fear that SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected in patients’ stool will add to the list. The existence of the pathogen can infect the ACE2 expressing cells of the small intestine. Coronaviruses also have an affinity towards wastewater solids and possess stabilizing properties in Sewage water temperatures. Excretory materials from patients if finding their way into sewage can contaminate the groundwater.
Wastewater solid sample data can act as a strong and necessary medium to decode logistics in tracking COVID-19.
Site: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0690-1 Larsen, D.A., Wigginton, K.R. Tracking COVID-19 with wastewater. Nat Biotechnol (2020)
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