Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Virología "Dr. J. M. Vanella", Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Enfermera Gordillo Gómez s/n Ciudad Universitaria, CP: 5016, Córdoba, Argentina.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Food Environ Virol. 2019 Jun;11(2):198-203. doi: 10.1007/s12560-019-09379-z. Epub 2019 Mar 20.
Environmental surveillance is an effective approach to investigate the circulation of human enteroviruses (EVs) in the population. EVs excreted by patients who present diverse clinical syndromes can remain infectious in the environment for several weeks, and limited data on circulating environmental EVs are available. A 6-year (2009-2014) surveillance study was conducted to detect non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) in the urban sewage of Cordoba city, Argentina. Echovirus 6 (E-6) was the most prevalent (28%), followed by E-14 (17%), E-16 (14%), Coxsackievirus (CV) A9 (11%), E-20 (9%), and CVA24 (6%). Other minority serotypes (E-7, E-13, E-21, E-25, and CVB4) were found, which together represented 14% of the total. In the absence of a systematic EV disease surveillance system, the detection and characterization of sewage-borne NPEVs will help us better understand the changes in EV disease trends and the epidemic background of circulating EVs, which could help interpret the EV trends and warn of future outbreaks in this area.
环境监测是研究人群中人类肠道病毒 (EVs) 循环的有效方法。患有不同临床综合征的患者排出的 EV 在环境中可保持传染性数周，而有关循环环境 EV 的有限数据。在阿根廷科尔多瓦市进行了一项为期 6 年（2009-2014 年）的监测研究，以检测城市污水中的非脊髓灰质炎肠道病毒 (NPEVs)。E 组肠道病毒 6 (E-6) 最为常见（28%），其次是 E-14（17%）、E-16（14%）、柯萨奇病毒 (CV) A9（11%）、E-20（9%）和 CVA24（6%）。还发现了其他少数血清型（E-7、E-13、E-21、E-25 和 CVB4），它们共占总数的 14%。在没有系统的 EV 疾病监测系统的情况下，对污水源性 NPEVs 的检测和特征分析将有助于我们更好地了解 EV 疾病趋势的变化和循环 EV 的流行背景，这有助于解释 EV 趋势并预警该地区未来的爆发。
