id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-292045-pnid9dmq Kumar, Manish First proof of the capability of wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in India through detection of genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 2020-07-28 .txt text/plain 3037 183 58 While infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 through the excreted viral genetic material in the aquatic environment is still being debated, the presence and detection of genes in wastewater systems makes a strong case for the environmental surveillance of the COVID-19 pandemic. Consistency between abundance of SARS-CoV-2 genetic materials and number of confirmed cases was observed in the previous reports in Australia, France, Italy, Spain and Japan Further, referring to the limitations of the present study owing to lockdown scenario, we recommend that although based MPC analysis, the efficiency of RNA extraction and RT-PCR is considered high for all the wastewater samples collected for this study, the efficiency of PEG method could have been better established. The first proof of the capability of wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in India through the detection of the genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 ./cache/cord-292045-pnid9dmq.txt ./txt/cord-292045-pnid9dmq.txt