id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-348192-ibohbjfb Odih, Erkison E. Could Water and Sanitation Shortfalls Exacerbate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risks? 2020-06-09 .txt text/plain 2676 163 49 Endemic and epidemic transmission of multiple feco-oral pathogens via this route continues to be documented in areas without safely managed sanitation, and, therefore, the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission needs to be evaluated, tracked, and forestalled in such settings. Furthermore, environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater and accumulated human waste, as well as efforts to mitigate the virus' entry into unprotected household water sources, should be a priority part of the COVID-19 response in settings without safely managed sanitation for the duration of the pandemic. 3, 5, 6 Considerable concern has been expressed in the literature that the feco-oral transmission potential for SARS-CoV-2 places endoscopists, caregivers of diapered children who shed the virus, 7 and fecal transplant recipients 8 at high risk of contracting the infection. 20, 21 Although there are as yet no reports of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via sewage or fecal matter in settings without safely managed sanitation, or recovery from household water, these examples demonstrate that feco-oral transmission by endemic pathogenic organisms is commonplace in these settings. ./cache/cord-348192-ibohbjfb.txt ./txt/cord-348192-ibohbjfb.txt