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National wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
The national wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) monitors the RSV presence in several wastewater treatment plants across Belgium. This dataset contains the results per treatment plant since the beginning of the surveillance in January 2024. The results consist of the RSV concentrations over time as well as other data needed for the interpretations such as the flow rates of the treatment plants and the population covered.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2024-01-01
- Date (Revision)
- 2026
- Citation identifier
- BE.Sciensano / e6c40943-6c76-11f0-86f4-00be433d8c24
- Status
- Planned
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Sciensano
Hadrien Maloux
Custodian
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Weekly
- Keywords
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Wastewater, Epidemiological surveillance, Epidemiology, Infectious diseases, RSV, Respiratory syncytial virus
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations on public access
- Use limitation
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 15
- Topic category
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- Inland waters
- Environment
- Health
- Description
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Belgium
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- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:3812
- Distribution format
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Name Version GeoPackage 1.3.0
Esri Shapefile 10.2
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/GeoBePartners-open/Sciensano/ProductSpecifications/Data_product_specifications_RSVWWSurv_EN.pdf
Digital transfer options
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/GeoBePartners-open/Sciensano/e6681f9f-6c76-11f0-bb07-00be433d8c24_x-shapefile_3812.zip
Digital transfer options
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Domain consistency
- Name of measure
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INSPIRE Conformity
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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The datasets compliance with the technical requirements as defined by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 has not been checked
- Statement
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The surveillance started in January 2024 for the whole country.
Samples are collected every week at each selected wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) using 24-hour volume proportional or time proportional auto-samplers. Samples are stored at 4°C and analyzed within 24 hours. The samples from the Walloon region and Brussels-Capital Region and the provinces of West-Vlanderen, Oost-Vlanderen and Vlaams-Brabant are analyzed by the Foodborne pathogens unit of Sciensano while samples from the provinces of Antwerpen and Limburg are analyzed by the Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene Laboratory of the University of Antwerp. The two laboratories use a harmonized protocol. After concentration and RNA extraction, the samples are analyzed by RT-dPCR. Two gene sequences one specific to RSV subgroup A and one to subgroup B are analyzed. These sequences target the N gene encoding for the nucleoprotein.
The quality of the results is checked and validated at the laboratory level. If the quality is insufficient, additional analyzes are performed. Once received by the data manager, the laboratory results undergo a second validation before being integrated in the database.
The 24 hours-representative flow rates of each WWTP are collected using flowmeters and are provided by the wastewater agencies (Hydria and Aquiris for the WWTPs of Brussels, Société Publique de Gestion de l'Eau (SPGE) for the WWTPs of Wallonia and Aquafin for the WWTPs of Flanders). Domestic inhabitant equivalents (IE) are used to estimate the population coverage of each WWTP. IE are based on several data sources (population data, building type data, connection to the network and WWTPs geographical coverage data). IE are provided by SPGE in Wallonia and by the Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM) in Flanders. In Brussels the population is estimated based on the data provided by Statbel. The data provided by the wastewater agencies and VMM are validated by the data manager before being integrated in the database.
Metadata
- File identifier
- e6681f9f-6c76-11f0-bb07-00be433d8c24 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-09-10T11:13:56
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Sciensano
Hadrien Maloux
Point of contact
- Other language
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Language Character encoding French Dutch; Flemish German English UTF8
