Research on emerging pathogenic microorganisms in urban wastewater in the municipality of Burgos (A20Y04)

It is necessary to implement proactive health policies that allow the rapid characterization of infectious health alerts, particularly those of a zoonotic and emerging type, which facilitate better management of health resources, as well as the prediction of future new buds. For this, one of the basic pillars must be a rapid diagnosis and characterization of the infectious agents involved. Thus, this porject proposes the creation of a research framework in the field of emerging pathogens that responds to the needs raised in the previous paragraphs with the objective basic to promote the well-being and health of the people of the city of Burgos. In this context, and particularly as it has been revealed during the current pandemic, the availability of tools that allow early determination of the appearance of an infectious problem and that also represent a community approach and not an individual one would be highly beneficial. In this sense, surveillance of the presence of pathogenic microorganisms in wastewater would allow knowing the health status of the community, in this case the city of Burgos, in advance, thus facilitating the taking of agile and proactive public health measures.

亟需制定前瞻性公共卫生政策，以实现对传染性健康警报的快速识别与表征——尤其是人畜共患的新发类型警报，此举可助力优化卫生资源配置，并预判未来新发传染病的暴发苗头。为此，核心支柱之一需实现对涉事感染性病原体的快速诊断与表征。据此，本项目拟构建新发病原体领域的研究框架，以响应前文提出的各项需求，核心目标为提升布尔戈斯市居民的健康福祉。在此背景下，尤其是从当前全球大流行疫情中所暴露的问题来看，能够早期甄别传染病问题出现、且采用社区整体防控思路而非个体视角的工具，将具备极高应用价值。就此而言，对废水中病原微生物的监测可提前掌握布尔戈斯市全体社区的健康状况，进而助力制定灵活且前瞻性的公共卫生应对举措。