通过废水分析追踪意大利BA.2.86血统的传播
C Veneri1, D Brandtner2, P Mancini1
1National Center for Water Safety (CeNSiA), Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Food and environmental virology
|June 25, 2024
概括
一种新的数字PCR测定方法迅速检测到意大利废水中的Omicron BA.2.86变种. 这种SARS-CoV-2血统很快成为主导,突出了废水监测.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学环境微生物学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 分子诊断学 分子诊断学
背景情况:
- 新兴的SARS-CoV-2变种,如Omicron BA.2.86,对全球健康构成重大挑战.
- 快速检测和监测这些变体对于有效的公共卫生反应至关重要.
- 废水监测为追踪社区病毒循环提供了有价值的工具.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证用于快速检测SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86及其子系的数字PCR试验.
- 为了监测在意大利收集的废水样本中BA.2.86系的流行情况.
- 评估数字PCR在对新出现的病毒变异的废水监测中的有用性.
主要方法:
- 开发一种特定的数字PCR (dPCR) 试验,针对BA.2.86及其后代谱系.
- 在2023年9月至2024年1月期间,从意大利收集和分析废水样本.
- 使用开发的dPCR试验量化BA.2.86血统流行率.
主要成果:
- 数字PCR测定成功检测到意大利废水样本中的BA.2.86系从2023年10月开始.
- BA.2.86系的流行率显著增加,从2023年10月的2%增加到2024年1月的62%.
- 在三个月内,BA.2.86血统迅速成为被监测区域中占主导地位的SARS-CoV-2变种.
结论:
- 基于废水的监测对于跟踪新型SARS-CoV-2变种的出现和传播非常有效.
- 有针对性的数字PCR测定为病毒系的环境监测提供了一种快速而敏感的方法.
- BA.2.86的快速增长强调了对SARS-CoV-2的持续基因组和环境监测的需要.
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