Author, as appears in the article.: Guerrero-Latorre, Laura; Collado, Neus; Abasolo, Nerea; Anzaldi, Gabriel; Bofill-Mas, Silvia; Bosch, Albert; Bosch, Lluis; Busquets, Silvia; Caimari, Antoni; Canela, Nuria; Carcereny, Albert; Chacon, Carme; Ciruela, Pilar; Corbella, Irene; Domingo, Xavier; Escote, Xavier; Espineira, Yaimara; Fores, Eva; Gandullo-Sarro, Isabel; Garcia-Pedemonte, David; Girones, Rosina; Guix, Susana; Hundesa, Ayalkibet; Itarte, Marta; Marine-Casado, Roger; Martinez, Anna; Martinez-Puchol, Sandra; Mas-Capdevila, Anna; Mejias-Molina, Cristina; Rafa, Marc Moliner, I; Munne, Antoni; Maria Pinto, Rosa; Pueyo-Ros, Josep; Robuste-Cartro, Jordi; Rusinol, Marta; Sanfeliu, Robert; Teichenne, Joan; Torrell, Helena; Corominas, Lluis; Borrego, Carles M
Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
URV's Author/s: ABASOLO ZABALO, NEREA / ESCOTE MIRO, XAVIER
Keywords: Waste-water support
Abstract: Wastewater-based epidemiology has shown to be an efficient tool to track the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in communities assisted by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The challenge comes when this approach is employed to help Health authorities in their decision-making. Here, we describe the roadmap for the design and deployment of SARSAIGUA, the Catalan Surveillance Network of SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage. The network monitors, weekly or biweekly, 56 WWTPs evenly distributed across the territory and serving 6 M inhabitants (80% of the Catalan population). Each week, samples from 45 WWTPs are collected, analyzed, results reported to Health authorities, and finally published within less than 72 h in an online dashboard ( https://sarsaigua.icra.cat ). After 20 months of monitoring (July 20-March 22), the standardized viral load (gene copies/day) in all the WWTPs monitored fairly matched the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases along the successive pandemic waves, showing a good fit with the diagnosed cases in the served municipalities (Spearman Rho = 0.69). Here we describe the roadmap of the design and deployment of SARSAIGUA while providing several open-access tools for the management and visualization of the surveillance data.© 2022. The Author(s).
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Odontología Nutrição Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Letras / linguística Interdisciplinar Geografía Geociências Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Educação Economia Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
Author's mail: xavier.escote@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-1172-3995
Record's date: 2025-07-12
Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Paper original source: Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 16704-16704
APA: Guerrero-Latorre, Laura; Collado, Neus; Abasolo, Nerea; Anzaldi, Gabriel; Bofill-Mas, Silvia; Bosch, Albert; Bosch, Lluis; Busquets, Silvia; Caimari, (2022). The Catalan Surveillance Network of SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage: design, implementation, and performance. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 16704-16704. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20957-3
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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