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. 2020 Sep:188:109808.
doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109808. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Current emerging SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Potential direct/indirect negative impacts of virus persistence and related therapeutic drugs on the aquatic compartments

M Race  1 , A Ferraro  2 , E Galdiero  3 , M Guida  3 , A Núñez-Delgado  4 , F Pirozzi  2 , A Siciliano  3 , M Fabbricino  2
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Current emerging SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Potential direct/indirect negative impacts of virus persistence and related therapeutic drugs on the aquatic compartments

M Race et al. Environ Res. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

The purpose of the present work is to provide a complete overview of possible direct/indirect implications on the quality of aquatic compartments due to the recent SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. With this aim, the environmental impacts are mainly related to i) the virus persistence in sewage and wastewaters, and ii) possible fate in aquatic compartments of drugs tested and administered to SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Because SARS-CoV-2 spread is very recent, and there is a lack of specific studies on this strain, the virus persistence in wastewaters, the parameters influencing the persistence, as well as the detection methodologies are referenced to the general coronaviruses group. However, the present detailed report of up-to-date knowledge on this topic can provide a useful source for further studies focusing on more deepened investigations of SARS-CoV-2 behaviour in the environment. Such a perspective is significant not only for the control of virus diffusion but also represents a crucial point for the identification of produced alteration to the environmental quality.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Drugs persistence; SARS-CoV-2; Wastewater.

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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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Transmission electron microscope image (left side) and structural schematic representation (right side) of SARS-CoV-2.
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