Lineage abundance estimation for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater using transcriptome quantification techniques.
Genome Biol
; 23(1): 236, 2022 11 08.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36348471
ABSTRACT
Effectively monitoring the spread of SARS-CoV-2 mutants is essential to efforts to counter the ongoing pandemic. Predicting lineage abundance from wastewater, however, is technically challenging. We show that by sequencing SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and applying algorithms initially used for transcriptome quantification, we can estimate lineage abundance in wastewater samples. We find high variability in signal among individual samples, but the overall trends match those observed from sequencing clinical samples. Thus, while clinical sequencing remains a more sensitive technique for population surveillance, wastewater sequencing can be used to monitor trends in mutant prevalence in situations where clinical sequencing is unavailable.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Genome Biol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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GENETICA
Year:
2022
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States