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Microplastics as the potential reservoir and carrier of viral pathogens detected from hospital sewage
Environmental Research2025
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Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Siti Syazwani Azmi,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Siti Syazwani Azmi,
Siti Syazwani Azmi,
Siti Syazwani Azmi,
Wan Adibah Wan Mahari,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yeong Yeh Lee,
Yeong Yeh Lee,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Siti Syazwani Azmi,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Siti Syazwani Azmi,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Wen‐Hui Kuan,
Tan Jia Yi,
Tan Jia Yi,
Yeong Yeh Lee,
Yeong Yeh Lee,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Teen T. Chin,
Yeong Yeh Lee,
Yeong Yeh Lee,
Teen T. Chin,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Teen T. Chin,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Teen T. Chin,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Teresa A. Brentnall,
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yeong Yeh Lee,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Siti Syazwani Azmi,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Lisa A. Lai,
Lisa A. Lai,
Lisa A. Lai,
Lisa A. Lai,
Siti Syazwani Azmi,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Teresa A. Brentnall,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Lisa A. Lai,
Lisa A. Lai,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Nur Sakinah Roslan,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Teresa A. Brentnall,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Shahidee Zainal Abidin,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Shahidee Zainal Abidin,
Teen T. Chin,
Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik,
Ku Mohd Kalkausar Ku Yusof,
Teen T. Chin,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Mohamad Hardyman Barawi,
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar,
Wan Adibah Wan Mahari,
Wen‐Hui Kuan,
Yeong Yeh Lee,
Lisa A. Lai,
Lisa A. Lai,
Teresa A. Brentnall,
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim
Summary
Microplastics were shown to serve as a reservoir and carrier for viral particles in aquatic environments, with plastic surfaces harboring and potentially protecting viruses from degradation. This raises concerns about microplastics facilitating the environmental spread and persistence of waterborne pathogens.
Microplastics are pervasive pollutants that may provide surfaces for microbial colonization, yet their role in viral persistence within wastewater remains unclear. This current study investigated the possible roles of microplastics as an adsorption surface for viral pathogens isolated from hospital sewage. Sewage samples were collected weekly from a hospital wastewater treatment plant over a period of six weeks. Microplastics were isolated and characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and polymer analysis. Microplastics and sewage water were separated, and multiplex qPCR was performed, after nucleic acid extraction. Seventeen pathogenic viruses were analyzed. Descriptive analysis and principal component analysis were performed. SEM revealed rough, weathered surfaces and biofilm colonization on microplastic particles with fibers showing greater viral adsorption than fragments. Polymer analysis identified polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), and polyamide (PA). Using multiplex qPCR, genetic materials of ten viral pathogens across six families were detected on the microparticles including Adenovirus (ADV) and Norovirus genogroups (NVG1, NVG2). Notably, the microplastic particles carried Norovirus 1 and Parainfluenza virus 1 and 2, while treated sewage water did not carry these viruses. Suggesting that microplastics are significant reservoirs and carriers for viral pathogens isolated from hospital sewage.