Wastewater-based surveillance as a tool for public health action: SARS-CoV-2 and beyond

MD Parkins, BE Lee, N Acosta, M Bautista… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has undergone dramatic advancement in the context
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The power and potential of this …

[HTML][HTML] From capture to detection: A critical review of passive sampling techniques for pathogen surveillance in water and wastewater

EK Hayes, GA Gagnon - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Water quality, critical for human survival and well-being, necessitates rigorous control to
mitigate contamination risks, particularly from pathogens amid expanding urbanization …

[HTML][HTML] Early warning of a COVID-19 surge on a university campus based on wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 at residence halls

Y Wang, P Liu, H Zhang, M Ibaraki, J VanTassell… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
As COVID-19 continues to spread globally, monitoring the disease at different scales is
critical to support public health decision making. Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in …

Making waves: Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in an endemic future

F Wu, WL Lee, H Chen, X Gu, F Chandra, F Armas… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has been widely used as a public health tool to
monitor the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections in populations during the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of two types of passive sampler for the efficient recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses from wastewater

JL Kevill, K Lambert-Slosarska, C Pellett… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has proven to be a useful surveillance tool during
the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and has driven research into evaluating the most …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from buildings housing residents with different vulnerability levels

A Pico-Tomàs, C Mejías-Molina, I Zammit… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the last three years, various restrictions have been set up to limit the transmission of
the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). While these rules apply at a large scale (eg, country …

Parallel deployment of passive and composite samplers for surveillance and variant profiling of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage

G Cha, KE Graham, KJ Zhu, G Rao, BG Lindner… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology during the COVID-19 pandemic has proven useful for
public health decision-making but is often hampered by sampling methodology constraints …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of SARS-CoV-2 onto granular activated carbon (GAC) in wastewater: Implications for improvements in passive sampling

EK Hayes, AK Stoddart, GA Gagnon - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Based on recent studies, passive sampling is a promising method for detecting SARS-CoV-2
in wastewater surveillance (WWS) applications. Passive sampling has many advantages …

Effectiveness of passive sampling for the detection and genetic characterization of human viruses in wastewater

C Mejías-Molina, A Pico-Tomàs… - … : Water Research & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Wastewater-based epidemiology is a promising tool to anticipate potential viral outbreaks
not only at city-scale but also at precincts-scale or even buildings. Passive samplers (PS) …

[HTML][HTML] Sewage surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at student campus residences in the Western Cape, South Africa

N Mangwana, E Archer, CJF Muller, W Preiser… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostic
capacity is limited in defined communities, posing a challenge in tracking and tracing new …