Spaceflight virology: what do we know about viral threats in the spaceflight environment?

B Pavletić, K Runzheimer, K Siems, S Koch… - Astrobiology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Viruses constitute a significant part of the human microbiome, so wherever humans go,
viruses are brought with them, even on space missions. In this mini review, we focus on the …

[HTML][HTML] Suitability of aircraft wastewater for pathogen detection and public health surveillance

DL Jones, JM Rhymes, MJ Wade, JL Kevill… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
International air travel is now widely recognised as one of the primary mechanisms
responsible for the transnational movement and global spread of SARS-CoV-2. Monitoring …

Characterisation of the sewage virome: comparison of NGS tools and occurrence of significant pathogens

S Martínez-Puchol, M Rusiñol… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
NGS techniques are excellent tools to monitor and identify viral pathogens circulating
among the population with some limitations that need to be overcome, especially in complex …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of deep space exploration risks and mitigations against radiation and microgravity

W Dobney, L Mols, D Mistry, K Tabury… - Frontiers in Nuclear …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ionizing radiation and microgravity are two considerable health risks encountered during
deep space exploration. Both have deleterious effects on the human body. On one hand …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling indicator, enteric, and respiratory viruses in aircraft lavatory wastewater using adsorption-extraction and Nanotrap® Microbiome A Particles …

W Ahmed, WJM Smith, A Tiwari, A Bivins… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effective detection of viruses in aircraft wastewater is crucial to establish surveillance
programs for monitoring virus spread via aircraft passengers. This study aimed to compare …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the diversity of coronavirus in sewage during COVID-19 pandemic: Don't miss the forest for the trees

S Martínez-Puchol, M Itarte, M Rusiñol, E Forés… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of next generation sequencing (NGS) has
proved to be an important tool for the genetic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitatively assessing early detection strategies for mitigating COVID-19 and future pandemics

AB Liu, D Lee, AP Jalihal, WP Hanage… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Researchers and policymakers have proposed systems to detect novel pathogens earlier
than existing surveillance systems by monitoring samples from hospital patients …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogen surveillance in the informal settlement, Kibera, Kenya, using a metagenomics approach

RS Hendriksen, O Lukjancenko, P Munk, MH Hjelmsø… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Worldwide, the number of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases is
increasing, highlighting the importance of global disease pathogen surveillance. Traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating virus monitoring strategies for safe non-potable water reuse

SC Jiang, HN Bischel, R Goel, D Rosso, SP Sherchan… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wastewater reclamation and reuse have the potential to supplement water supplies, offering
resiliency in times of drought and helping to meet increased water demands associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Computational structural biology: successes, future directions, and challenges

R Nussinov, CJ Tsai, A Shehu, H Jang - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Computational biology has made powerful advances. Among these, trends in human health
have been uncovered through heterogeneous 'big data'integration, and disease-associated …