长期从非传染性个体传播病毒使基于废水的流行病学混
Tin Phan1, Samantha Brozak2, Bruce Pell3
1Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM 87544, USA.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
|June 19, 2023
概括
对SARS-CoV-2的废水监测可能是误导性的. 来自康复个体的病毒泄漏,而不仅仅是传染性个体,会影响废水数据的准确性,特别是在疫情爆发的晚期.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学环境微生物学
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 病毒学 病毒学
背景情况:
- 污水监测对于跟踪SARS-CoV-2 (严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2) 发病率至关重要.
- 目前的方法往往忽略了从康复个体中流出的病毒,这可能会扭曲结果.
结论:
- 精确的基于废水的流行病学需要考虑来自感染和康复的人群的病毒流放.
- 忽视恢复过来的个体的脱落可能会导致对传播动态和变种出现的误解.
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