[HTML][HTML] Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance

W Ahmed, SL Simpson, PM Bertsch, K Bibby… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance for pathogens using reverse transcription-polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) is an effective and resource-efficient tool for gathering community-level …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 surveillance in wastewater: An epidemiological tool for the monitoring of SARS-CoV-2

S Maryam, I Ul Haq, G Yahya, M Ul Haq… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted a lot of questions
globally regarding the range of information about the virus's possible routes of transmission …

Evaluation of sampling, analysis, and normalization methods for SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in wastewater to assess COVID-19 burdens in Wisconsin communities

S Feng, A Roguet, JS McClary-Gutierrez… - Acs Es&T …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 provides an approach for assessing the infection
burden across a sewer service area. For these data to be useful for public health …

[HTML][HTML] Municipal and neighbourhood level wastewater surveillance and subtyping of an influenza virus outbreak

E Mercier, PM D'Aoust, O Thakali, N Hegazy, JJ Jia… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recurrent influenza epidemics and pandemic potential are significant risks to global health.
Public health authorities use clinical surveillance to locate and monitor influenza and …

[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 …

Wastewater-based estimation of the effective reproductive number of SARS-CoV-2

JS Huisman, J Scire, L Caduff… - Environmental …, 2022 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The effective reproductive number, R e, is a critical indicator to monitor disease
dynamics, inform regional and national policies, and estimate the effectiveness of …

[HTML][HTML] Droplet digital RT-PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2 signature mutations of variants of concern in wastewater

L Heijnen, G Elsinga, M de Graaf, R Molenkamp… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance has shown to be a valuable and efficient tool to obtain information
about the trends of COVID-19 in the community. Since the recent emergence of new …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of process limit of detection and quantification variation of SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR and RT-dPCR assays for wastewater surveillance

W Ahmed, A Bivins, S Metcalfe, WJM Smith… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA requires the rigorous
characterization of the limit of detection resulting from the entire sampling process-the …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 RNA is enriched by orders of magnitude in primary settled solids relative to liquid wastewater at publicly owned treatment works

S Kim, LC Kennedy, MK Wolfe, CS Criddle… - … : water research & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Wastewater-based epidemiology has gained attention throughout the world for detection of
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater to supplement clinical testing. Raw wastewater consists of …

[HTML][HTML] Tools for interpretation of wastewater SARS-CoV-2 temporal and spatial trends demonstrated with data collected in the San Francisco Bay Area

HD Greenwald, LC Kennedy, A Hinkle, ON Whitney… - Water research X, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) RNA can be integrated with COVID-19 case data to inform timely pandemic response …