Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2: Lessons learnt from recent studies to define future applications

M Hamouda, F Mustafa, M Maraqa, T Rizvi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is successful in the detection of the spread of SARS-
CoV-2. This review examines the methods used and results of recent studies on the …

Environmental surveillance for polioviruses in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

H Asghar, OM Diop, G Weldegebriel… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
This article summarizes the status of environmental surveillance (ES) used by the Global
Polio Eradication Initiative, provides the rationale for ES, gives examples of ES methods and …

COVID-19 containment on a college campus via wastewater-based epidemiology, targeted clinical testing and an intervention

WQ Betancourt, BW Schmitz, GK Innes… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology has potential as an early-warning tool for determining the
presence of COVID-19 in a community. The University of Arizona (UArizona) utilized WBE …

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewaters in Italy

G La Rosa, M Iaconelli, P Mancini, GB Ferraro… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Several studies have demonstrated the advantages of environmental surveillance through
the monitoring of sewage for the assessment of viruses circulating in a given community …

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 …

Wastewater surveillance for infectious disease: a systematic review

P Kilaru, D Hill, K Anderson, MB Collins… - American journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Wastewater surveillance for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) has been shown to be a valuable source of information regarding SARS-CoV-2 …

Developing a flexible national wastewater surveillance system for COVID-19 and beyond

A Keshaviah, XC Hu, M Henry - Environmental Health …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Wastewater testing offers a cost-effective strategy for measuring population
disease prevalence and health behaviors. For COVID-19, wastewater surveillance …

Monitoring human enteric viruses in wastewater and relevance to infections encountered in the clinical setting: a one-year experiment in central France, 2014 to 2015

M Bisseux, J Colombet, A Mirand… - …, 2018 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Human enteric viruses are resistant in the environment and transmitted via the
faecal-oral route. Viral shedding in wastewater gives the opportunity to track emerging …

Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in the environment: occurrence, persistence, analysis in aquatic systems and possible management

M Patel, AK Chaubey, CU Pittman Jr, T Mlsna… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The year 2020 brought the news of the emergence of a new respiratory disease (COVID-19)
from Wuhan, China. The disease is now a global pandemic and is caused by a virus named …

Epidemiology of the silent polio outbreak in Rahat, Israel, based on modeling of environmental surveillance data

AF Brouwer, JNS Eisenberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Israel experienced an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in 2013–2014, detected
through environmental surveillance of the sewage system. No cases of acute flaccid …