[HTML][HTML] Environmental detection and spreading of mpox in healthcare settings: a narrative review

AM Taha, BE Katamesh, AR Hassan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Monkeypox virus (MPXV), which causes Monkeypox (Mpox), has recently been found
outside its usual geographic distribution and has spread to 117 different nations. The World …

Detection of the clinically persistent, pathogenic yeast spp. Candida auris from hospital and municipal wastewater in Miami-Dade County, Florida

K Babler, M Sharkey, S Arenas, A Amirali… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) for detecting pathogens within
communities has been growing since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic with early …

[HTML][HTML] Stability of monkeypox virus in body fluids and wastewater

CK Yinda, DH Morris, RJ Fischer… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An outbreak of human mpox infection in nonendemic countries appears to have been driven
largely by transmission through body fluids or skin-to-skin contact during sexual activity. We …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted community wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and Mpox virus during a festival mass-gathering event

K Brighton, S Fisch, H Wu, K Vigil, TG Aw - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance has emerged recently as a powerful approach to understanding
infectious disease dynamics in densely populated zones. Wastewater surveillance, while …

Wastewater surveillance of Mpox virus in Baltimore

SP Sherchan, T Solomon, O Idris, D Nwaubani… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to utilize wastewater surveillance for monitoring Mpox cases at a
community level. Untreated wastewater samples were collected once a week from two …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-Based Surveillance of Mpox (Monkeypox): An Early Surveillance Tool for Detecting Hotspots

MA Islam, R Kumar, P Sharma, S Zhang… - Current Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Mpox (formally monkeypox) has been identified in more than a hundred countries,
confirming at least 93,937 cases from 06 May 2022 to 03 February 2024. The MPXV, the …

Wastewater based surveillance can be used to reduce clinical testing intensity on a university campus

A Amirali, KM Babler, ME Sharkey, CC Beaver… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Clinical testing has been a vital part of the response to and suppression of the COVID-19
pandemic; however, testing imposes significant burdens on a population. College students …

Point-of-care detection of Monkeypox virus clades using high-performance upconversion nanoparticle-based lateral flow assay

B Jin, C Ma, C Zhang, H Yin, G Zhao, J Hu, Z Li - Microchimica Acta, 2024 - Springer
There is an urgent need for a point-of-care testing (POCT) method in developing and
underserved regions to distinguish between two Monkeypox virus (MPXV) clades, given …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding a wastewater-based surveillance methodology for DNA isolation from a workflow optimized for SARS-CoV-2 RNA quantification

KM Babler, ME Sharkey, A Amirali… - Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) is a noninvasive, epidemiological strategy for
assessing the spread of COVID-19 in communities. This strategy was based upon …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 Case and Mortality Surveillance using Daily SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater Samples adjusting for Meteorological Conditions and Sample pH

S Abelson, J Penso, B Alsuliman, K Babler, M Sharkey… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Wastewater monitoring is increasingly used for community surveillance of
infectious diseases, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic as the genomic footprints of …