Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
3rd International Health Science and Life Congress, İzmir, Türkiye, 4 - 06 Mayıs 2020, ss.361
Infectious diseases such as frequently isolated pathogens infections and recently
Covid-19 cause serious health problems. Increasing population and antimicrobial resistance
produced novel pathogens which resulted an increase in infectious diseases globally.
Detection of Helicobacter pylori in various aquatic environments including wastewater and
hospital wastewater were reported in several studies and there are evidences of this patogen’s
waterborn transmission. Recently epidemic became a public health emergency worldwide.
Because of limited medical screening of the epidemic is in focus, wastewater-based
epidemiology (WBE)is seen as potential complementary tool for determining presence and
prevalence of infections in the population and for managing the epidemic. Researches related
with Coronavirus and other pathogens included studies investigating its survival, occurrence
in waste water and detection methods. Monitoring changes of pathogen concentration in
wastewater provides an early warning and identifies undiagnosed disease and antimicrobial
resistance at the population level in depth and real-time, thus it is effective in epidemics
management. For effective surveillance, inexpensive and rapid WBE identifies infected
percentage and clinical testing identifies infected individuals. We overview the knowledge
about the use of WBE to understand the epidemiology of the pathogen, detection and
quantification methods in wastewater, and quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA).
Evidence-based knowledge support the risk analysis in water sanitation safety and help in
management of epidemic to protect public health. In this review early detection of the
epidemic, current infectious disease surveillance, methods for the presence and prevalence of
infectious diseases and suggestions for improvement is overviewed.