This document proposes a framework to facilitate the interpretation and use of data from surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 genome in wastewater in France for public health and management purposes.Wastewater monitoring should be considered as a complement to surveillance in the population based on individual health data, but not as a substitute. The following report presents the contribution of Santé publique France in response to the epidemiological component of a referral from the Directorate General of Health on the need to define a useful indicator for surveillance purposes. On this basis, it needs to be supplemented by a microbiological component (sampling, analysis) which will be handled by ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety) as part of its mandate as national reference laboratory for the surveillance of SARS- CoV-2 in wastewater sewage sludge. The protocol is based on experiments carried out in France and internationally, as well as on recommendations of the World Health Organisation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of America, the Netherlands and the European Commission (EU 2021/472 of March 17, 2021). As wastewater monitoring is a rapidly developing discipline, the framing elements proposed in this document may evolve as knowledge advances.
Auteur : Mouly Damien, Galey Catherine, De Valk Henriette, Golliot Franck
Année de publication
: 2022
Pages : 28 p.
Collection : Méthode
