Surveillance of the sanitary sewage system and SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil: a necessary discussion

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, Alexandra Fátima Saraiva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Nunes, Bárbara Caroline Ricci, Costa, Flávia Cristina Rodrigues, Silva, Luís Fernando de Morais, Souza e Souza, Luís Paulo
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/469
• topic: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Sistema de Esgoto Sanitário; Vigilância em Saúde Pública; Epidemiologia Baseada em Esgoto; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Sanitary Sewage System; Public Health Surveillance; Sewage-Based Epidemiology

This study presents data about SARS-CoV-2 occurrence in sanitary sewage system, discussing the advantages of monitoring and applying modeling methods for COVID-19 collective diagnosis, especially in the Brazilian context. This review was conducted in electronic scientific databases, including articles, technical reports, and national and international institutional publications. Although few studies have indicated the potential for SARS-CoV-2 contamination through sewage, analysis carried out thus far led to this proposal to be considered in health surveillance actions. The Wastewater-based Epidemiology approach has been used successfully to trace and provide early warning of virus outbreaks. In Brazil, considering the COVID-19 cases increase, mass testing restrictions, and fragile sanitation conditions strengthening the monitoring of sewage systems may add up in directing the actions of the Unified Health System and other sectors before cases and preventive measures in areas potentially at risk (with greater presence and circulation of the virus through the sewage). The alternatives for environmental monitoring and modeling can act as early warning systems and assist in the embrace of preventive measures of contagion of the COVID-19.