TWiV 737: SARS-CoV-2 in NYC wastewater

<p>John, Monica, and Davida join TWiV to discuss development of a method to detect SARS-CoV-2 in raw sewage from all 14 of New York City’s treatment plants, and its use to determine the presence of the genome throughout the pandemic and detection of genome mutations from variants of concern.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello,</a> <a href="http://www.trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href= "http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</a>, and <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a></p> <p>Guest: <a href="https://dennehylab.org/people/">John Dennehy</a>, <a href= "https://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty/davida-smyth/">Davida Smyth</a>, and Monica Trujillo</p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Protocol for detecting <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.16.21251787v1">SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater</a> (medRxiv)</li> <li>Mutations from VOC in <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.21.21253978v1">NYC wastewater</a> (medRxiv)</li> <li>WHO report on COVID-19 origins (<a href= "https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-convened-global-study-of-origins-of-sars-cov-2-china-part-joint-report.pdf?sfvrsn=7f341eaf_5&download=true">pdf</a>)</li> <li>Effectiveness of mRNA vaccines at <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7013e3.htm">preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection</a> (MMWR)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-362354/v1">Prothrombic th