Environmental Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater

废水中 SARS-CoV-2 的环境监测

• 批准号: 554503-2020
• 负责人: Stoddart, Amina
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=705663
• 关键词: Environmental; Surveillance; SARS; CoV; Wastewater

Environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater has the potential to support understanding of COVID-19 occurrence and transmission in communities. As such, wastewater may be monitored for SARS-CoV-2 to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in a given population through wastewater-based epidemiology. Ultimately, routine monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a community's wastewater may be used as a tool to aid in public health decision making and assist in identifying subsequent waves of the virus which will minimize the spread of this pandemic. Drs. Stoddart, Jamieson and Gagnon will lead a team of researchers in collaboration with Halifax Water, LuminUltra Technologies, the Nova Scotia Health Authority and Nova Scotia Environment to develop a wastewater-based surveillance approach for SARS-CoV-2 in support of public health initiatives. This approach will include: i) development of a wastewater-based surveillance approach for SARS-CoV-2 for the Province of Nova Scotia, ii) optimization of assessment techniques for SARS-CoV-2 from environmental samples in collaboration with LuminUltra and the Nova Scotia Health Authority and iii) Communication of data to the Nova Scotia Health Authority for public health decision making such as identification of extent of infection in Nova Scotia, early identification of subsequent waves of the virus and informing the safe lifting of social and economic restrictions.

对废水中SARS-CoV-2的环境监测有可能支持对COVID-19在社区中的发生和传播的理解。因此，可以监测废水中的SARS-CoV-2，以通过基于废水的流行病学来确定COVID-19感染在给定人群中的流行率。最终，对社区废水中SARS-CoV-2 RNA的常规监测可用作一种工具，以帮助公共卫生决策，并协助识别随后的病毒波，这将最大限度地减少这种流行病的传播。 Drs. Stoddart、Jamieson和Gagnon将领导一个研究小组，与哈利法克斯水务公司、LuminUltra技术公司、新斯科舍省卫生局和新斯科舍省环境部合作，开发一种基于废水的SARS-CoV-2监测方法，以支持公共卫生倡议。这一办法将包括：i）为新斯科舍省开发基于废水的SARS-CoV-2监测方法，ii）与LuminUltra和新斯科舍省卫生局合作，优化环境样本中SARS-CoV-2的评估技术，iii）向新斯科舍省卫生局传输数据，以制定公共卫生决策，例如确定新斯科舍省的感染程度，及早发现随后的病毒浪潮，并告知安全解除社会和经济限制。