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. 2020 Jul 20:727:138647.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138647. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

What do we know about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the environment?

Avelino Núñez-Delgado  1
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What do we know about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the environment?

Avelino Núñez-Delgado. Sci Total Environ. .

Abstract

In view of the current situation regarding the Covid-19 disease, a discussion is proposed on the need for research focusing on the presence and evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in water, soils and other environmental compartments, reached through wastewater and sewage sludge spreading. Also, the evaluation of current treatments for wastewater and sewage sludge, as well as the eventual development of new specific techniques, based on sorption, nanotechnology, etc., would be of great interest for controlling the environmental dissemination of these viruses in the current and eventual future outbreaks.

Keywords: Covid-19; Sewage sludge; Soil; Viruses; Wastewater; Water.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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