环境表面监测作为社区环境中SARS-CoV-2监测的非侵入性方法:来自大学校园研究的教训
Sobur Ali1, Eleonora Cella1, Catherine Johnston1
1Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
The Science of the total environment
|December 20, 2023
概括
环境表面测试有效监测了大学校园内的SARS-CoV-2 (严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2) 趋势. 这种非侵入性方法与病例发生率相关,并早期发现了变异,有助于社区监测.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学环境微生物学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 公共卫生监督是对公共卫生的监督.
背景情况:
- 环境测试为监测呼吸道病毒循环提供了一种非侵入性的方法.
- 了解社区环境中的SARS-CoV-2传播动态至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估SARS-CoV-2环境污染与大学生健康数据之间的关联.
- 评估高触摸表面测试对社区级病毒监测的实用性.
主要方法:
- 收集了2022年1月至2022年11月在大学校园的高触摸表面的环境扫描.
- 利用RT-qPCR进行病毒RNA检测和量化,以及病毒基因组测序用于血统识别.
- 与社区病例发生率和学生健康中心数据相关的环境病毒RNA水平.
主要成果:
- 在90.7%的环境样本中检测到SARS-CoV-2RNA.
- 环境病毒RNA水平与大学每周确诊病例有显著的相关性.
- 在临床监测之前,在环境样本中确定了循环系和检测到新兴变异.
结论:
- 高接触环境表面的病毒监测是社区级SARS-CoV-2监测的宝贵工具.
- 环境表面测试可以及时了解流行病动态,特别是在测试有限的地方.
- 这种方法可以补充呼吸道病毒的传统公共卫生监测方法.
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