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 …

Accurate diagnostics are critical in public health to ensure successful disease tracking,
prevention, and control. Many of the same characteristics are desirable for diagnostic …

Background Despite multiple revisions of targets and timelines in polio eradication plans
since 1988, including changes in supplemental immunization activities (SIAs) that increase …

ABSTRACT Background New York State (NYS) reported a polio case (June 2022) and
outbreak of imported type 2 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV2)(last positive …

Delays in achieving polio eradication have led to ongoing risks of poliovirus importations
that may cause outbreaks in polio-free countries. Because of the low, but non-zero risk of …

January, 2024, started with warnings about measles outbreaks in the UK and the USA,
which followed poliovirus outbreaks in London and New York during 2022–231 and reports …

Continued investment in the development and application of mathematical models of
poliovirus transmission, economics, and risks leads to their use in support of polio endgame …

The measurement of the enterovirus and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) in sewage water is relevant in the early detection of the introduction or …

HIGHLIGHTS Mortality due to inadequate WASH facilities exceeded that of COVID-19 in the
regions of South-East Asia and Africa. The costs and benefits of wastewater-based …

The genetic biodiversity of Polio virus transmission is a key indicator for epidemiologists to
examine the transmission patterns of individual virus lines or families. In 2022, the …