Detection of thermotolerant coliforms and SARS-CoV-2 RNA in sewage and recreational waters in the Ecuadorian coast: A call for improving water quality regulation

• Maritza Cárdenas-Calle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Interinstitutional Network for the Study of Aquatic Ecosystems of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5237-9137

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• Leandro Patiño,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Interinstitutional Network for the Study of Aquatic Ecosystems of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, National Institute for Public Health Research–INSPI- Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez, Technical Direction of Research, Development and Innovation, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Beatriz Pernia,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Interinstitutional Network for the Study of Aquatic Ecosystems of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Roberto Erazo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources

  Affiliations Interinstitutional Network for the Study of Aquatic Ecosystems of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Labcestta, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Carlos Muñoz,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Magaly Valencia-Avellan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Interinstitutional Network for the Study of Aquatic Ecosystems of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Facultad del Mar y Medio Ambiente, Universidad del Pacífico, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0162-0212

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• Mariana Lozada,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Institute of Biology of Marine Organisms, CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina

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• Mary Regato-Arrata,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation National Institute for Public Health Research–INSPI- Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez, National Reference Center for Exanthematous, Gastroenteric and Vector-borne Viruses, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Miguel Barrera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Segundo Aquino,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Stefania Fuentes,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Javier Duque,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Interinstitutional Network for the Study of Aquatic Ecosystems of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Luis Velázquez-Araque,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7890-012X

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• Bertha Carpio,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Dirección del Medio Ambiente, Gobierno Provincial de Santa Elena, Santa Elena, Ecuador

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• Carlos Méndez-Roman,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Área Nacional de Recreación Playas Villamil, Ministerio de Ambiente Agua y Transición Ecológica, Playas, Ecuador

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• Carlos Calle,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Guillermo Cárdenas,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• David Guizado-Herrera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, National Institute for Public Health Research–INSPI- Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez, Technical Direction of Research, Development and Innovation, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5948-9889

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• Clara Lucía Tello,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, National Institute for Public Health Research–INSPI- Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez, Technical Direction of Research, Development and Innovation, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Verónica Bravo-Basantes,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Labcestta, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

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• Jhannelle Francis,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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• Miguel Uyaguari

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: miguel.uyaguari@umanitoba.ca

  Affiliations Ambiente Sociedad & Empresa Research Group, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Fundación Bioelit, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-5111

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