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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)Feb 2021 |
10
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2
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195
DOI:
10.3390/pathogens10020195

Evaluation of Two Methods to Concentrate SARS-CoV-2 from Untreated Wastewater

Dumke, Roger; de la Cruz Barron, Magali; Oertel, Reinhard; Helm, Björn; Kallies, Rene; Berendonk, Thomas U.; Dalpke, Alexander
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Abstract
Use of wastewater-based epidemiology as a tool to record and manage the course of SARS-CoV-2 infections in human populations requires information about the efficiency of methods to concentrate the virus from wastewater. In the present study, we spiked untreated wastewater with quantified SARS-CoV-2 positive clinical material and enriched the virus by polyethylene glycol precipitation and ultrafiltration with Vivaspin 10 kDa MWCO columns. SARS-CoV-2 was detected and quantified by reverse transcription quantitative PCR (E- and S-gene) and droplet digital PCR. The concentration of virus with precipitation resulted in mean recoveries between 59.4% and 63.7% whereas rates from 33.0% to 42.6% after ultrafiltration of samples were demonstrated. The results suggest that the use of both methods allows an effective and practicable enrichment of SARS-CoV-2 from raw wastewater.
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