Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 new variants BA.2.86 and offspring JN.1 in South and Southeast Asia

Dhammika Leshan Wannigama; Mohan Amarasiri; Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen; Cameron Hurst; Charin Modchang; Sudarat Chadsuthi; Suparinthon Anupong; Kazuhiko Miyanaga; Longzhu Cui; W K C P Werawatte; S M Ali Hosseini Rad; Stefan Fernandez; Angkana T Huang; Porames Vatanaprasan; Thammakorn Saethang; Sirirat Luk-In; Robin James Storer; Puey Ounjai; Ratana Tacharoenmuang; Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi; Phitsanuruk Kanthawee; Bernadina Cynthia; John Jefferson V Besa; Asada Leelahavanichkul; Talerngsak Kanjanabuch; Paul G Higgins; Asuka Nanbo; Anthony Kicic; Andrew C Singer; Tanittha Chatsuwan; Sam Trowsdale; Takashi Furukawa; Kazunari Sei; Daisuke Sano; Hitoshi Ishikawa; Kenji Shibuya; Aisha Khatib; Shuichi Abe; Parichart Hongsing

doi:10.1093/jtm/taae040

Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 new variants BA.2.86 and offspring JN.1 in South and Southeast Asia

J Travel Med. 2024 Jun 3;31(4):taae040. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae040.

Authors

Dhammika Leshan Wannigama^{1

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3

4

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6}, Mohan Amarasiri⁷, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen^{8

9}, Cameron Hurst^{10

11}, Charin Modchang^{12

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14}, Sudarat Chadsuthi¹⁵, Suparinthon Anupong¹², Kazuhiko Miyanaga¹⁶, Longzhu Cui¹⁶, W K C P Werawatte¹⁷, S M Ali Hosseini Rad¹⁸, Stefan Fernandez¹⁹, Angkana T Huang²⁰, Porames Vatanaprasan^{6

8}, Thammakorn Saethang²¹, Sirirat Luk-In²², Robin James Storer²³, Puey Ounjai²⁴, Ratana Tacharoenmuang²⁵, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi^{4

26}, Phitsanuruk Kanthawee²⁷, Bernadina Cynthia²⁸, John Jefferson V Besa²⁹, Asada Leelahavanichkul^{2

30}, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch^{31

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34}, Paul G Higgins^{35

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37}, Asuka Nanbo³⁸, Anthony Kicic^{39

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42}, Andrew C Singer⁴³, Tanittha Chatsuwan^{2

3}, Sam Trowsdale⁴⁴, Takashi Furukawa⁷, Kazunari Sei⁷, Daisuke Sano^{45

46}, Hitoshi Ishikawa⁴⁷, Kenji Shibuya⁴⁸, Aisha Khatib⁴⁹, Shuichi Abe¹, Parichart Hongsing^{50

51}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata 990-2292, Japan.
² Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
³ Center of Excellence in Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
⁴ School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
⁵ Biofilms and Antimicrobial Resistance Consortium of ODA Receiving Countries, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁶ Pathogen Hunter's Research Collaborative Team, Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata 990-2292, Japan.
⁷ Laboratory of Environmental Hygiene, Department of Health Science, School of Allied Health Sciences/Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Sagamihara-Minami, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden.
¹⁰ Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Queensland 4000, Australia.
¹¹ Statistics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
¹² Biophysics Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
¹³ Centre of Excellence in Mathematics, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
¹⁴ Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, 328 Si Ayutthaya Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
¹⁵ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand.
¹⁶ Division of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
¹⁷ Faculty of Medicine, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Teaching Hospital Kuliyapitiya, Kuliyapitiya 60200, Sri Lanka.
¹⁸ Center of Excellence in Immunology and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
¹⁹ Department of Virology, U.S. Army Medical Directorate, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
²⁰ Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK.
²¹ Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
²² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand.
²³ Office of Research Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
²⁴ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
²⁵ Department of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand.
²⁶ Division of Microbial Interactions, Department of Research and Development, Bioberrys Healthcare and Research Centre, Vellore 632009, India.
²⁷ Public Health Major, School of Health Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
²⁸ Department of General Medicine, St. Carolus Hospital, Jakarta 10440, Indonesia.
²⁹ College of Medicine, University of the Philippines and Philippine General Hospital, Medicine, Manila 1000, Philippines.
³⁰ Translational Research in Inflammation and Immunology Research Unit (TRIRU), Department of Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
³¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
³² Center of Excellence in Kidney Metabolic Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
³³ Dialysis Policy and Practice Program (DiP3), School of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
³⁴ Peritoneal Dialysis Excellence Center, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
³⁵ Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne 50923, Germany.
³⁶ German Centre for Infection Research, Partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne 50923, Germany.
³⁷ Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne 50923, Germany.
³⁸ The National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8131, Japan.
³⁹ Wal-Yan Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
⁴⁰ Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
⁴¹ Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
⁴² School of Population Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia.
⁴³ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK.
⁴⁴ School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
⁴⁵ Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan.
⁴⁶ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan.
⁴⁷ Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Kamiyanagi, Yamagata 990-2212, Japan.
⁴⁸ Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6234, Japan.
⁴⁹ Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 0A3, Canada.
⁵⁰ Mae Fah Luang University Hospital, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
⁵¹ School of Integrative Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.

PMID: 38438141
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae040

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Keywords: BA.2.86; JN.1; SARS-CoV-2 new variants; South and Southeast Asia; Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance; emerging viral strains; viral strains.

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Asia, Southeastern / epidemiology
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Humans
SARS-CoV-2*
Wastewater / virology
Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring

Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 new variants BA.2.86 and offspring JN.1 in South and Southeast Asia

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