Current and future perspectives for wastewater-based epidemiology as a monitoring tool for pharmaceutical use

T Boogaerts, F Ahmed, PM Choi, B Tscharke… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The medical and societal consequences of the misuse of pharmaceuticals clearly justify the
need for comprehensive drug utilization research (DUR). Wastewater-based epidemiology …

SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected from clinically confirmed cases

F Wu, J Zhang, A Xiao, X Gu, WL Lee, F Armas… - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater surveillance represents a complementary approach to clinical surveillance to
measure the presence and prevalence of emerging infectious diseases like the novel …

Wastewater network infrastructure in public health: applications and learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic

N Sharara, N Endo, C Duvallet, N Ghaeli… - PLOS global public …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Accurate estimates of COVID-19 burden of infections in communities can inform public
health strategy for the current pandemic. Wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) leverages …

Making waves: wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for population-based health management

JR Thompson, YV Nancharaiah, X Gu, WL Lee… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Worldwide, clinical data remain the gold standard for disease surveillance and tracking.
However, such data are limited due to factors such as reporting bias and inability to track …

Steep increases in fentanyl-related mortality west of the Mississippi River: recent evidence from county and state surveillance

CL Shover, TO Falasinnu, CL Dwyer, NB Santos… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (eg, fentanyl) increased 10-fold in the
United States from 2013 to 2018, despite such opioids being rare in illicit drug markets west …

“Waste Not, Want Not” Leveraging Sewer Systems and Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Drug Use Trends and Pharmaceutical Monitoring

TB Erickson, N Endo, C Duvallet, N Ghaeli… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Springer
During the current global COVID-19 pandemic and opioid epidemic, wastewater-based
epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a powerful tool for monitoring public health trends by …

Fluoride removal in drinking water using layered double hydroxide materials: preparation, characterization and the current perspective on IR4. 0 technologies

NA Tajuddin, EFB Sokeri, NA Kamal, M Dib - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The world's population growth, fast industrial development, and the birth of civilization are all
driving up demand for clean water. Fluoride (F-) intake in excess of 4 mg/L is categorized as …

Analytical method for the simultaneous determination of a broad range of opioids in influent wastewater: Optimization, validation and applicability to monitor …

T Boogaerts, M Quireyns, A Covaci, H De Loof… - Talanta, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) employs the analysis of human metabolic
biomarkers in influent wastewater (IWW) to estimate community-wide exposure to …

Geographic information science and the United States opioid overdose crisis: A scoping review of methods, scales, and application areas

J Sauer, K Stewart - Social Science & Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Opioid Overdose Crisis (OOC) continues to generate morbidity
and mortality in the United States, outpacing other prominent accident-related reasons …

[HTML][HTML] Peer reviewed: Mapping community opioid exposure through wastewater-based epidemiology as a means to engage pharmacies in harm reduction efforts

C Duvallet, BD Hayes, TB Erickson… - Preventing Chronic …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The opioid epidemic is an unprecedented public health crisis in the United
States. Community pharmacies are important stakeholders in detecting and addressing …