Vision
To provide an early warning to public health agencies before they might be notified of positive cases for Dengue, Chikungunya, Influenza, H1N1 (Swine Flu) and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus).
Description
This study is to demonstrate the utility of sequencing in wastewater-based epidemiology to identify Dengue virus fragments from wastewater as an early warning indicator system.
Combined with clinical testing, sentinel surveillance and epidemiological data, wastewater surveillance for Dengue can help track and identify the virus at an early stage and also estimate its geographical spread and intensity of transmission. Environmental Surveillance focuses on the collection and analysis of sewage and wastewater samples from various parts of the city to complement human surveillance and enable early detection of disease, considering that a large proportion of infected people are asymptomatic.
Objectives
- Collection of wastewater samples from STPs in Pune
- Quantitative Real-Time PCR for SARS-CoV-2 detection and viral load estimation
- Identifying variants and mutations of SARS-CoV-2 by next gen sequencing analysis
Partners
- CCMB
- NCBS
- NCL, Pune
- Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences
- Fluid Robotics Pvt. Ltd.
- IISER, Pune
For more information and interest to support, please write to [email protected].