Sebastien Wurtzer, Morgane Levert, Eloïse Dhenain, Heberte Accrombessi, Sandra Manco, Nathalie Fagour, Marion Goulet, Nicolas Boudaud, Lucie Gaillard, Isabelle Bertrand, Julie Challant, Sophie Masnada, Sam Azimi, Miguel Gillon-Ritz, Alban Robin, Jean-Marie Mouchel, Obepine Sig, Laurent Moulin
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, new variants have continuously emerged and spread in populations. Among these, variants of concern (VOC) have been the main culprits of successive epidemic waves, due to their transmissibility, pathogenicity or ability to escape the immune response. Quantification of the SARS-CoV-2 genomes in raw wastewater is a reliable approach well-described and widely deployed worldwide to monitor the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in human populations connected to sewage systems. Discrimination of VOCs in wastewater is also a major issue and can be achieved by genome sequencing or by detection of specific mutations suggesting the presence of VOCs...
November 20, 2022: Science of the Total Environment