Possible viral infections in flood disasters: a review considering 2019 spring floods in Iran

Yavarian, Jila; Shafiei-Jandaghi, Nazanin Zahra; Mokhtari‐Azad, Talat

doi:10.18502/ijm.v11i2.1066

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“…In 2014, the municipality of Prainha, in the Baixo Amazonas mesoregion (Figure 9), reported an emergency situation due to severe flooding, affecting its social and public services resources. As literature points out, HAV has a direct relation- ship with flood disaster events (Pal et al, 2016;Yavarian et al, 2019). Our findings reinforce this relationship though future studies are required for a thorough analysis.…”

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Sociodemographic and spatiotemporal profiles of hepatitis-A in the state of Pará, Brazil, based on reported notified cases

Leal

Guimarães²,

Kampel

2021

Geospat Health

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Hepatitis-A virus is a worldwide healthcare problem, mainly affecting countries with poor sanitary and socioeconomic conditions. This communication evaluates the spatiotemporal variability of the disease’s socioepidemiological profile in one of the endemic Brazilian regions (Pará State) prior to (2008-2013) and after (2014-2017) the launch of the national public vaccination programme. Hepatitis-A epidemiological reports concerning Pará State - Brazil - were used for this study including municipalitylevel data of the disease’s reported positive notification cases (PNCs). The analyses involved socioepidemiological profiling and space-time scan statistics. A total of 5500 PNCs were reported in the study period. On average, PNCs decreased over time throughout the state, with strongest drops after 2015. The PNCs were specific for gender, race/ethnic origin and age group. The predominant gender and race/ethnic groups was male and brown, respectively. While children were the most susceptible age group prior to 2015, there was a shift towards older ages (young and adults) in later years. Those found to be the most affected by the disease, as shown by space-time scan statistics, were people in densely populated municipalities with unsatisfactory sanitary conditions and also less well covered by the public vaccination programme. Despite drops in the number of hepatitis-A PNCs, thanks to the national vaccination programme, the disease still persists in Pará State and elsewhere in Brazil. The present study reinforces the need of continuous prevention and control strategies for effective control and erradication of hepatitis-A.

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confidence: 85%

Sociodemographic and spatiotemporal profiles of hepatitis-A in the state of Pará, Brazil, based on reported notified cases

Leal

Guimarães²,

Kampel

2021

Geospat Health

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“…Thus, with this approach, not only the fecally shed viruses of asymptomatic nature such as adenovirus, norovirus, sapovirus, enterovirus, rotavirus, and hepatitis A virus 153,154 but other viruses such as Saffold virus, cosavirus, and salivirus/klassevirus seldom or rarely reported by epidemiological surveillance program can also be identified in the feces of an entire region 155,156 . Environmental surveillance for sewage monitoring has already been established as a tool for detecting poliovirus in sewage samples to monitor the virus circulation and extent or duration of epidemic poliovirus in specific populations 157–160 …”

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“… 155 , 156 Environmental surveillance for sewage monitoring has already been established as a tool for detecting poliovirus in sewage samples to monitor the virus circulation and extent or duration of epidemic poliovirus in specific populations. 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 Wastewater epidemiology played a significant part in the eradication of polio in India in 2011. The polio eradication program included the weekly testing of wastewater and sewage for poliovirus in the selected areas, followed by an immunization program if they found traces of viruses.…”

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Intestinal viral infections of nSARS‐CoV2 in the Indian community: Risk of virus spread in India

Maan

Chaurasia

Kapoor

et al. 2021

Journal of Medical Virology

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In December 2019, novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (nSARS‐CoV‐2) virus outbreaks emerged from Wuhan, China, and spread all over the world, including India. Molecular diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID) 19 for densely and highly populated countries like India is time‐consuming. A few reports have described the successful diagnosis of nSARS‐CoV‐2 virus from sewage and wastewater samples contaminated with fecal matter, suggesting the diagnosis of COVID 19 from the same to raise an alarm about the community transmission of virus for implementation of evacuation and lockdown strategies. So far, the association between the detection of virus and its concentration in stool samples with severity of the disease and the presence or absence of gastrointestinal symptoms have been rarely reported. We led the search utilizing multiple databases, specifically PubMed (Medline), EMBASE, and Google Scholar. We conducted a literature survey on gastrointestinal infection and the spread of this virus through fecal–oral transmission. Reports suggested that the existence and persistence of nSARS‐CoV‐2 in anal/rectal swabs and stool specimens for a longer period of time than in nasopharyngeal swabs provides a strong tenable outcome of gastrointestinal contamination and dissemination of this infection via potential fecal–oral transmission. This review may be helpful to conduct further studies to address the enteric involvement and excretion of nSARS‐CoV‐2 RNA in feces and control the community spread in both COVID‐19 patients ahead of the onset of symptoms and in asymptomatic individuals through wastewater and sewage surveillance as an early indication of infection. The existence of the viral genome and active viral particle actively participate in genomic variations. Hence, we comprehended the enteric spread of different viruses amongst communities with special reference to nSARS‐CoV‐2.

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“…In late December 2019, COVID-19 spread as an emerging infectious disease in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread to the other countries around the world (1). With the spread of the disease worldwide, Iran was the second country that report COVID-19 cases in February 2019 (2). Since patients with underlying diseases, including transplant recipients are more prone to infection, they are expected to be at higher risk for COVID-19, experience different clinical signs and clinical courses, and possibly have high mortality and morbidity (3).…”

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Management of COVID-19 in Liver Transplant Recipients With Immunosuppressant Therapy: Experiences of an Iranian Transplant Registry

Sheikhalipour

Kermani

Kakaei³

et al. 2022

Exp Clin Transplant

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Background: Following the pandemic of COVID-19 and the increased COVID-19 risk in transplant patient receptions, the authors assessed the prevalence, clinical course, and the outcome of the COVID-19 infection among liver transplant receptions. Methods: By designing and the use of researcher made questionnaire and the use of medical services, liver transplantation recipients under our center surveyed in terms of COVID-19 infection.Results: Seven patients infected with COVID-19 were identi ed from 265 liver transplantation recipients. The majority of patients were male and had COVID-19 despite being in-home quarantine. All patients received immunosuppressive drugs during infection with COVID-19 with no change in the routine immunosuppressive therapy. Among the identi ed patients, 5 recovered and 2 died. One of the dead patients, in addition to having a liver transplant, suffered brain cancer with metastasis to the lungs. Conclusion:It seems that the in liver transplants infected with COVID-19, the immunosuppressive drugs causes mild to moderate illness, and even recover from the disease.However, more evidence is needed to prove this hypothesis. It is also recommended that transplant recipients should be warned about personal hygiene and closely be monitored by organ transplant centers.

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Possible viral infections in flood disasters: a review considering 2019 spring floods in Iran

Cited by 19 publications

References 27 publications

Sociodemographic and spatiotemporal profiles of hepatitis-A in the state of Pará, Brazil, based on reported notified cases

Sociodemographic and spatiotemporal profiles of hepatitis-A in the state of Pará, Brazil, based on reported notified cases

Intestinal viral infections of nSARS‐CoV2 in the Indian community: Risk of virus spread in India

Management of COVID-19 in Liver Transplant Recipients With Immunosuppressant Therapy: Experiences of an Iranian Transplant Registry

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