Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater is a promising tool for informing public health decisions during the COVID-19 ***,approaches for its analysis by use of reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain rea...
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater is a promising tool for informing public health decisions during the COVID-19 ***,approaches for its analysis by use of reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction(Rt-q PCR)are still far from standardized *** characterize inter-and intra-laboratory variability among results when using various methods deployed across Canada,aliquots from a real wastewater sample were spiked with surrogates of SARS-CoV-2(gamma-radiation inactivated SARS-CoV-2 and human coronavirus strain 229E[HCoV-229E])at low and high levels then provided"blind"to eight *** estimates reported by individual laboratories were consistently within a 1.0-log_(10) range for aliquots of the same spiked *** laboratories distinguished between low-and high-spikes for both *** expected,greater variability was observed in the results amongst laboratories than within individual laboratories,but SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration estimates for each spiked condition remained mostly within 1.0-log_(10) *** no-spike wastewater aliquots provided yielded non-detects or trace levels(to methods that included or focused on the solids fraction of the wastewater matrix and might represent in-situ SARS-CoV-2 to the wastewater ***-229E RNA was not detected in the no-spike ***,all methods yielded comparable results at the conditions *** behavior of SARS-CoV-2 and spiked surrogates in wastewater should be considered to evaluate method effectiveness.A consistent method and laboratory to explore wastewater SARS-CoV-2 temporal trends for a given system,with appropriate quality control protocols and documented in adequate detail should succeed.
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