Assessing face masks in the environment by means of the DPSIR framework

YT Tesfaldet, NT Ndeh - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of face masks outside the health care facility dates back a century ago. However,
face masks use noticeably soared due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) …

[HTML][HTML] A critical assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in aqueous environment: Existence, detection, survival, wastewater-based surveillance, inactivation methods, and …

VK Parida, D Saidulu, A Bhatnagar, AK Gupta… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In early January 2020, the causal agent of unspecified pneumonia cases detected in China
and elsewhere was identified as a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

SARS-CoV-2 exposure in wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

JC Chandler, SN Bevins, JW Ellis… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Widespread human SARS-CoV-2 infections combined with human–wildlife interactions
create the potential for reverse zoonosis from humans to wildlife. We targeted white-tailed …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom national …

MJ Wade, AL Jacomo, E Armenise, MR Brown… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has put unprecedented pressure on public health resources
around the world. From adversity, opportunities have arisen to measure the state and …

Microbiome analysis for wastewater surveillance during COVID-19

KD Brumfield, M Leddy, M Usmani, JA Cotruvo… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater surveillance (WS), when coupled with advanced molecular techniques, offers
near real-time monitoring of community-wide transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and allows …

Graphene‐based technologies for tackling COVID‐19 and future pandemics

S Afroj, L Britnell, T Hasan, DV Andreeva… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic highlighted the need for rapid tools and technologies to combat
highly infectious viruses. The excellent electrical, mechanical and other functional properties …

[HTML][HTML] The presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in different freshwater environments in urban settings determined by RT-qPCR: implications for water safety

J Mahlknecht, DAP Reyes, E Ramos, LM Reyes… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study is the first focused on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in different freshwater
environments in an urban setting. Groundwater and surface water reservoirs for drinking …

Strengthening a One Health approach to emerging zoonoses

S Mubareka, J Amuasi, A Banerjee, H Carabin… - Facets, 2023 - facetsjournal.com
Given the enormous global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, outbreaks of highly
pathogenic avian influenza in Canada, and manifold other zoonotic pathogen activity, there …

Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spreading under the influence of environmental factors and strategies to tackle the pandemic: A systematic review

Z Asif, Z Chen, S Stranges, X Zhao, R Sadiq… - Sustainable cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 is deemed as the most critical world health calamity of the 21st century, leading to
dramatic life loss. There is a pressing need to understand the multi-stage dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Standardized preservation, extraction and quantification techniques for detection of fecal SARS-CoV-2 RNA

A Natarajan, A Han, S Zlitni, EF Brooks… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Patients with COVID-19 shed SARS-CoV-2 RNA in stool, sometimes well after their
respiratory infection has cleared. This may be significant for patient health, epidemiology …