A comparison of precipitation and filtration-based SARS-CoV-2 recovery methods and the influence of temperature, turbidity, and surfactant load in urban wastewater

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 808; p. 151916
• Main Authors: Kevill, Jessica L., Pellett, Cameron, Farkas, Kata, Brown, Mathew R., Bassano, Irene, Denise, Hubert, McDonald, James E., Malham, Shelagh K., Porter, Jonathan, Warren, Jonathan, Evens, Nicholas P., Paterson, Steve, Singer, Andrew C., Jones, Davey L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.02.2022; The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V
• Subjects: ammonium sulfate; COVID-19; data quality; environment; Faecal indicator virus; genome; Humans; monitoring; pandemic; polyethylene glycol; qRT-PCR; RNA detection; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; storage temperature; Surface-Active Agents; surfactants; Temperature; turbidity; ultrafiltration; viruses; Wastewater; Wastewater concentration; COVID-19; Faecal indicator virus; Wastewater concentration; RNA detection; qRT-PCR

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has become a complimentary surveillance tool during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Viral concentration methods from wastewater are still being optimised and compared, whilst viral recovery under different wastewater characteristics and storage temperatures remains poorl...