TY - JOUR
AU - Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah
AU - Khamis, Mustafa
AU - Ibrahim, Taleb H.
AU - Khan, Naveed Ahmed
PY - 2020
DA - August
TI - SARS-CoV-2: The Increasing Importance of Water Filtration against Highly Pathogenic Microbes
JO - ACS Chemical Neuroscience
EP - 2484
VL - 11
IS - 17
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00468
AB - The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in human wastewater together with poor quality of public drinking water supplies in developing countries is of concern. Additionally, the frequent use of contaminated water for bathing, nasal irrigation, swimming, and ablution can be a risk factor in contracting infectious agents such as the brain-eating amoebae and possibly SARS-CoV-2. The use of appropriate tap water filters should be encouraged to remove pathogenic microbes, together with restrained nasal irrigation (not forcing water inside nostrils vigorously) during ritual ablution or bathing to avoid dangerous consequences for populations residing in developing countries.
PB - ACS Publications
UR - https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publications/177c350f-5377-4f2c-a787-a2a534202627
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Environment, community and place
ER