Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly contagious and pathogenic coronavirus and it is the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Having recently evolved in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it may take a while to understand its mode of transmission. Although aerosol/droplet inhalation and person-to-person contact are the major transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2, current evidence suggested that the SARS-CoV-2 RNA is detected also in wastewater samples, urging the need to better understand wastewater as potential source of epidemiological data and human health risks, which can be applied as an early warning system. The era of COVID-19 pandemic differs from previous counterparts in quest of novel characteristics, cures, and effects of the virus. Since the last two years an enormous work has been done on detection and quantification of COVID-19 RNA from waste water and correlation between mode of transmission and surveillance system. It is therefore needed to develop early warning systems for better mobility at national and international levels.
This Research Topic aims to shed light on the importance of using surveillance strategies as preemptive tool suitable for mass screening, as well as the urgent need for microfluidic technology as a prompt and economical approach tracking SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.
The manuscript will cover broad spectrum, experimental designs and not limited to following:
• Monitoring of new SARS-CoV-2 variants by waste water;
• Development of novel point of care diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 including, but not limited to, microfluidic technology, biosensors, nanotechnology, Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), etc;
• SARS-CoV-2 shedding and infectivity;
• Prediction of hospitalizations through SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance;
• Monitoring of COVID-19 through SARS-CoV-2 quantification in wastewater;
• Altered oral and gut microbiota and its association with SARS-CoV-2;
• Importance of metagenomics of wastewater in monitoring COVID-19.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly contagious and pathogenic coronavirus and it is the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Having recently evolved in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it may take a while to understand its mode of transmission. Although aerosol/droplet inhalation and person-to-person contact are the major transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2, current evidence suggested that the SARS-CoV-2 RNA is detected also in wastewater samples, urging the need to better understand wastewater as potential source of epidemiological data and human health risks, which can be applied as an early warning system. The era of COVID-19 pandemic differs from previous counterparts in quest of novel characteristics, cures, and effects of the virus. Since the last two years an enormous work has been done on detection and quantification of COVID-19 RNA from waste water and correlation between mode of transmission and surveillance system. It is therefore needed to develop early warning systems for better mobility at national and international levels.
This Research Topic aims to shed light on the importance of using surveillance strategies as preemptive tool suitable for mass screening, as well as the urgent need for microfluidic technology as a prompt and economical approach tracking SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.
The manuscript will cover broad spectrum, experimental designs and not limited to following:
• Monitoring of new SARS-CoV-2 variants by waste water;
• Development of novel point of care diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 including, but not limited to, microfluidic technology, biosensors, nanotechnology, Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), etc;
• SARS-CoV-2 shedding and infectivity;
• Prediction of hospitalizations through SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance;
• Monitoring of COVID-19 through SARS-CoV-2 quantification in wastewater;
• Altered oral and gut microbiota and its association with SARS-CoV-2;
• Importance of metagenomics of wastewater in monitoring COVID-19.