Publications by authors named "Kefilwe Nduli"
Sci Total Environ
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- Human coronaviruses gained notoriety due to past outbreaks like SARS and MERS, both of which had high mortality rates, and COVID-19 is the latest global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 which emerged in 2019.
- The research evaluates how SARS-CoV-2 is affected in municipal wastewater, finding viral RNA in raw influent but none in treated water, suggesting the virus may decay quickly in wastewater due to conditions like temperature and retention time.
- Catchment-wide monitoring of wastewater can help track the presence of contagious viruses and inform water users about potential health risks associated with water bodies.
