SARS‐CoV‐2: Environment and spread: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology

Genomic epidemiology tracking SARS‐CoV‐2

https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/genomics/genomic-epidemiology-tracking-spread-COVID/98/i17

This article focuses on the genomic epidemiology of SARS‐CoV‐2 with a particular focus on an April publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that was controversial because of assumptions made in relating sequences to one another.

Geographical dynamics of SARS‐CoV‐2

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.07.030759v1.full.pdf

This pre‐print that has yet to be peer‐reviewed describes the authors' methodology for obtaining informative subtype markers from SARS‐CoV‐2 global genomic sequences.

COVID‐19 tracking tests

https://www.360dx.com/coronavirus-test-tracker-launched-covid-19-tests

This page lists a large number of commercially‐available SARS‐CoV‐2 assay test kits that can be used to track the virus in patients or the environment.

Sewage and tracking of coronavirus RNA

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00973-x

Wastewater analysis has been conducted in the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States to track SARS‐CoV‐2 that is thought to be excreted in feces and/or urine of infected humans.

Coronavirus found in Paris sewage

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/coronavirus-found-paris-sewage-points-early-warning-system

The quantitive level of SARS‐CoV‐2 viral RNA was tracked in Paris sewage for one month and shown to correspond to the level of illness outbreaks in the same region.

Genomic epidemiology of SARS‐CoV‐2

https://www.gisaid.org/epiflu-applications/next-hcov-19-app/

This site contains 5228 genome sequences from SARS‐CoV‐2 samples obtained between December 2019 and May 2020.

Environment and COVID‐19 transmission

https://news.stanford.edu/2020/03/26/understanding-spread-covid-19/

This webpage hosts an article and an interview asking key questions relating to the spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus in the environment.

Built environment considerations in COVID‐19 transmission

https://msystems.asm.org/content/msys/5/2/e00245-20.full.pdf

This paper synthesizes knowledge about SARS‐CoV‐2 and built environments to better guide decision makers on how to mitigate risks of virus transmission in buildings.

Human pathogens and a warmer earth

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-warming-climate-could-affect-the-spread-of-diseases-similar-to-covid-19/

This article deals with the broader issue of climate change and its impacts on infectious disease spread that have relevance to understanding pandemics and epidemics.

COVID‐19 environmental data center

https://www.climacell.co/coronavirus-resource-center/

This site provides a large number of links to articles on SARS‐CoV‐2 and COVID‐19 disease to be found in the scientific and popular press.

COVID‐19 epidemiology

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/epidemiology

This site provides a very comprehensive set of links on SARS‐CoV‐2 and COVID‐19 and the information is constantly updated.

COVID‐19 epidemiology and virology

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-epidemiology-virology-clinical-features-diagnosis-and-prevention#H4014462337

This site contains comprehensive information on COVID‐19 epidemiology, largely related to clinical issues.

COVID‐19 mobility reports

https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/

This site compiles the known virus infectivity at different types of sites such as workplaces, public spaces, grocery stores, and other locations as a function of date.