Testing at scale during the COVID-19 pandemic

TR Mercer, M Salit - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Assembly and publication of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) genome in January 2020 enabled the immediate development of tests to detect the …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic, energy-environment and transport sector globally and sustainable development goal (SDG)

S Nundy, A Ghosh, A Mesloub, GA Albaqawy… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) want to have a
peaceful world where human life will be in a safe, healthy, sustainable environment without …

COVID pollution: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global plastic waste footprint

NU Benson, DE Bassey, T Palanisami - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Plastic products have played significant roles in protecting people during the COVID-19
pandemic. The widespread use of personal protective gear created a massive disruption in …

Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics

J Peccia, A Zulli, DE Brackney, ND Grubaugh… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
We measured severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA
concentrations in primary sewage sludge in the New Haven, Connecticut, USA, metropolitan …

First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: a proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community

W Ahmed, N Angel, J Edson, K Bibby, A Bivins… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Infection with SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
is accompanied by the shedding of the virus in stool. Therefore, the quantification of SARS …

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater anticipated COVID-19 occurrence in a low prevalence area

W Randazzo, P Truchado, E Cuevas-Ferrando… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused more than
200,000 reported COVID-19 cases in Spain resulting in more than 20,800 deaths as of April …

Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in water and wastewater

A Bivins, J Greaves, R Fischer, KC Yinda… - … & Technology Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA is frequently detected
in the feces of infected individuals. While infectious SARS-CoV-2 has not previously been …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: State of the knowledge and research needs

M Kitajima, W Ahmed, K Bibby, A Carducci… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been a Public Health …

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in North America: a study in Louisiana, USA

SP Sherchan, S Shahin, LM Ward, S Tandukar… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigated the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) RNA in wastewater samples in southern Louisiana, USA. Untreated and treated …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 surveillance in Southeastern Virginia using wastewater-based epidemiology

R Gonzalez, K Curtis, A Bivins, K Bibby, MH Weir… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been used to analyze markers in wastewater
treatment plant (WWTP) influent to characterize emerging chemicals, drug use patterns, or …