Eduard Anfruns-Estrada

TL;DR: SARS-CoV-2 was detected in Barcelona sewage long before the declaration of the first COVID-19 case, indicating that the infection was present in the population before the first imported case was reported.

TL;DR: Modelling the probability of infection whilst travelling in buses under different scenarios indicates that forced ventilation greatly reduces the risk of infection, and best practice demands that regular vehicle disinfection in public transport worldwide needs to be rigorously ascertained to be effective at eliminating traces of the virus throughout the vehicle.

TL;DR: In this paper, five one-step reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) assays targeting the polymerase (IP2 and IP4), the envelope (E), and the nucleoprotein (N1 and N2) genome regions were employed for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA detection in 24-h composite wastewater samples concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation.

TL;DR: W Wastewater disinfection by EF was also feasible at natural pH (∼7), showing similar abatement of active microorganisms as a result of the synergistic action of generated oxidants like active chlorine and coagulation with iron hydroxides.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors track contamination of pathogens during domestic food preparation and link the contamination to preparation practices, finding that about 40% of foodborne infections are acquired in the home and that cross-contamination events that disseminate infectious doses of pathogens seems to be rare.