An opinion on Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring (WBEM) with Clinical Diagnostic Test (CDT) for detecting high-prevalence areas of community COVID-19 infections

Islam, Aminul; Hossen, Foysal; Rahman, Arifur; Sultana, Khandokar Fahmida; Hasan, Mohammad Nayeem; Haque, Atiqul; Sosa‐Hernández, Juan Eduardo; Oyervides-Muñoz, Mariel Araceli; Parra-Saldívar, Roberto; Ahmed, Tanvir; Islam, Tahmidul; Dhama, Kuldeep; Sangkham, Sarawut; Bahadur, Newaz Mohammed; Reza, Hasan Mahmud; Jakariya,; Marzan, Abdullah Al; Bhattacharya, Prosun; Sonne, Christian; Ahmed, Firoz

doi:10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100396

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“…Underlying risk factors such as malnutrition among children may also aggravate the problems significantly ( 28 ). Because of the scarcity and difficulty in obtaining non-solid or clean fuels such as electricity and natural gas, low-income families in many developing countries rely on the use of low-cost but high-pollution solid fuels, such as wood, coal, straws, and animal dung, as their primary sources of energy for cooking and heating ( 29 – 32 ). Yet, even when access to electricity was available, 19.0, 6.8, and 50.9% of households in Bangladesh used crops, animal dung, and wood, respectively, as fuels for cooking, heating, and lighting ( 18 ).…”

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Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh

Islam

Hasan

Ahammed

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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In developing countries, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) cause a significant number of deaths among children. According to Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), about 25% of the deaths in children under-five years are caused by ARI in Bangladesh every year. Low-income families frequently rely on wood, coal, and animal excrement for cooking. However, it is unclear whether using alternative fuels offers a health benefit over solid fuels. To clear this doubt, we conducted a study to investigate the effects of fuel usage on ARI in children. In this study, we used the latest BDHS 2017–18 survey data collected by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and estimated the effects of fuel use on ARI by constructing multivariable logistic regression models. From the analysis, we found that the crude (the only type of fuel in the model) odds ratio (OR) for ARI is 1.69 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06–2.71]. This suggests that children in families using contaminated fuels are 69.3% more likely to experience an ARI episode than children in households using clean fuels. After adjusting for cooking fuel, type of roof material, child's age (months), and sex of the child–the effect of solid fuels is similar to the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for ARI (OR: 1.69, 95% CI: 1.05–2.72). This implies that an ARI occurrence is 69.2% more likely when compared to the effect of clean fuel. This study found a statistically significant association between solid fuel consumption and the occurrence of ARI in children in households. The correlation between indoor air pollution and clinical parameters of ARI requires further investigation. Our findings will also help other researchers and policymakers to take comprehensive actions by considering fuel type as a risk factor as well as taking proper steps to solve this issue.

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Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh

Islam

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Ahammed

et al. 2022

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“…This study failed to include interventions such as the movement of infected people from one place to another; for example, information on the infected persons and asymptotic or who are at risk of exposure. Additionally, climate factors, including climate change influence changes like the virus, thus, increasing the cross-species viral transmission risk [ 34 , 56 , 57 , 58 ]. Our prediction techniques such as Prophet, ARIMA, and SES show a predictive power of 59.40%, 51.78%, and 31.09%, respectively.…”

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Association between Global Monkeypox Cases and Meteorological Factors

Islam

Sangkham

Tiwari

et al. 2022

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The emergence of an outbreak of Monkeypox disease (MPXD) is caused by a contagious zoonotic Monkeypox virus (MPXV) that has spread globally. Yet, there is no study investigating the effect of climatic changes on MPXV transmission. Thus, studies on the changing epidemiology, evolving nature of the virus, and ecological niche are highly paramount. Determination of the role of potential meteorological drivers including temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, dew point, wind speed, and surface pressure is beneficial to understand the MPXD outbreak. This study examines the changes in MPXV cases over time while assessing the meteorological characteristics that could impact these disparities from the onset of the global outbreak. To conduct this data-based research, several well-accepted statistical techniques including Simple Exponential Smoothing (SES), Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Automatic forecasting time-series model (Prophet), and Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average with Explanatory Variables (ARIMAX) were applied to delineate the correlation of the meteorological factors on global daily Monkeypox cases. Data on MPXV cases including affected countries spanning from May 6, 2022, to November 9, 2022, from global databases and meteorological data were used to evaluate the developed models. According to the ARIMAX model, the results showed that temperature, relative humidity, and surface pressure have a positive impact [(51.56, 95% confidence interval (CI): −274.55 to 377.68), (17.32, 95% CI: −83.71 to 118.35) and (23.42, 95% CI: −9.90 to 56.75), respectively] on MPXV cases. In addition, dew/frost point, precipitation, and wind speed show a significant negative impact on MPXD cases. The Prophet model showed a significant correlation with rising MPXD cases, although the trend predicts peak values while the overall trend increases. This underscores the importance of immediate and appropriate preventive measures (timely preparedness and proactive control strategies) with utmost priority against MPXD including awareness-raising programs, the discovery, and formulation of effective vaccine candidate(s), prophylaxis and therapeutic regimes, and management strategies.

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“…There is evidence that infection with SARS-CoV-2 is accompanied by persistent shedding of viral RNA in the human feces ( Cheung et al, 2020 ; Guo et al, 2021 ; Wu et al, 2020b ; Zheng et al, 2020 ). Many recent studies also reported the presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in municipal ( Haque et al, 2022 ; Jakariya et al, 2022 ; Islam et al, 2023 , Islam et al, 2023b ), and hospital wastewater in low-income countries ( Adelodun et al, 2020 ; Gonçalves et al, 2021 ; Tandukar et al, 2022 ; Wang et al, 2020 ; Zhang et al, 2020a ). SARS-CoV-2 RNA in sewage samples was also detected in the vicinity of the COVID-19 isolation centre in south-eastern Bangladesh ( Ahmed et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…In many LMICs, these pathogens, and substances from HCFs, are either discharged into the municipal sewage system or directly into surface water without pre-treatment, which contributes to significant health hazard risks to the community ( Majumder et al, 2021 ). Medical waste management is concern in Bangladesh and untreated discharge through hospital drain to the environmental recipients poses a severe threat to public health ( Haque et al, 2022 ; Bhattacharya et al, 2021 ; Jakariya et al, 2022 ; Islam et al, 2023 , Islam et al, 2023b ). Few studies have been conducted in Dhaka city to assess the potential impacts ( Hassan et al, 2008 ; Rahman et al, 1999 ; Syed et al, 2012 ).…”

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Dependency of sanitation infrastructure on the discharge of faecal coliform and SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in wastewater from COVID and non-COVID hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Amin

Haque

Rahman

et al. 2023

Science of The Total Environment

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An opinion on Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring (WBEM) with Clinical Diagnostic Test (CDT) for detecting high-prevalence areas of community COVID-19 infections

Cited by 26 publications

References 114 publications

Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh

Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh

Association between Global Monkeypox Cases and Meteorological Factors

Dependency of sanitation infrastructure on the discharge of faecal coliform and SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in wastewater from COVID and non-COVID hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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