The UJI installs atmospheric aerosol measuring equipment in indoor areas to analyse the concentration of the SARS-CoV-2 virus



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## The UJI installs atmospheric aerosol measuring equipment in indoor areas to analyse the concentration of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

31/03/2021 |
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The multidisciplinary research team from the Universitat Jaume I, Universitat de València and Miguel Hernández University, led by Juana María Delgado Saborit of the UJI, has begun installing measuring equipment inside public centres in order to assess the genetic load of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In Castellón, samples have already been collected in the cafeteria of the School of Technology and Experimental Sciences and in a classroom of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and in the same spaces in the Secondary School of La Vall d'Alba.

The main objective of the project "Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in atmospheric aerosol in indoor environments as a tool for the evaluation of health measures for the prevention and alert of COVID-19 transmission", financed by the Generalitat Valenciana as a project of excellence with nearly two hundred thousand euros, is to determine the genetic load of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in aerosol samples collected in indoor environments and to evaluate whether this detection can be a useful tool as a sentinel for alert in future episodes of COVID-19.

The study contemplates the installation of measuring equipment in a València metro station, university and educational centres, primary care and hospital health centres and care centres for the elderly. Its objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of the health prevention measures currently applied in order to reorient them or propose new ones in accordance with the results obtained, given that the concentration of the virus in environments with less ventilation constitutes an opportunity for early detection.

In order to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of the measures taken, the research team intends to collect samples for more than four months, which will be used for biochemical analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genetic load in atmospheric aerosol. In addition, by analysing the trend of the measures taken at the Metro València station, the aim is to "develop a tool for early detection of future episodes of COVID-19 that will serve to take measures quickly to prevent the transmission of contagions", explains the researcher Juana Delgado.

This warning tool will be used to facilitate the design of emergency plans and action measures to reduce the impact of future COVID-19 episodes on the well-being of the population and the economy. The study will also be useful for communicating relevant information to the general and vulnerable population sufficiently in advance to reduce the impact of new episodes.

The research team is made up of Juana María Delgado, from the Perinatal Epidemiology, Environmental Health and Clinical Research group at the UJI; Vicente J. Esteve Cano (UJI) and the researchers Ana Esplugues (UV) and Nuria Galindo (UMH) who make up the scientific advisory committee on air quality; the UJI researchers Rosa de Llanos, Manuela Barneo and Paula Carrasco as experts in Microbiology; and the researchers Marisa Reblagliato (UJI), Juan B. Bellido (UJI); María Barberá (UJI) María Luisa Estarlich (UV), Ferran Ballester (UV) and Carmen Iñíguez (UV), who make up the scientific advisory committee on environmental epidemiology.

The aid granted by the Generalitat Valenciana at the end of 2020 was part of a package of grants of an exceptional nature, aimed at entities that will have research projects of excellence for the anticipation and adaptation to situations arising from COVID-19. The aim of the initiative was to fund R&D projects of excellence of a strategic nature that would provide public administrations with the best tools for fighting against the coronavirus.

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[COVID-19 traces in atmospheric aerosol](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2021/2/estacions-mesura-covid/)

Air measurement stations allow scientists to analyse the presence of COVID-19 genetic traces in atmospheric aerosol.

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The multidisciplinary team led by GenT researcher Juana Delgado Saborit has been supported by Castelló City Council.

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