SARS-CoV-2 wastewater genomic surveillance: approaches, challenges, and opportunities

V Munteanu, M Saldana, D Ciorba, V Bostan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, wastewater-based genomic surveillance (WWGS)
emerged as an efficient viral surveillance tool that takes into account asymptomatic cases …

Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 4 and BA. 5 in German wastewater

A Wilhelm, S Agrawal, J Schoth, C Meinert-Berning… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wastewater-based SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology (WBE) has been established as an important
tool to support individual testing strategies. The Omicron sub-variants BA. 4/BA. 5 have …

Destiny of emerging viruses: a systematic review

E Mobarak Qamsari, P Mohammadi - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The emergence of new viruses into human populations is one of the major challenges in the
coming decades. The COVID-19 crisis was an intense reminder. Environmental perspective …

Interlaboratory comparison using inactivated SARS-CoV-2 variants as a feasible tool for quality control in COVID-19 wastewater monitoring

A Wilhelm, J Schoth, C Meinert-Berning… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Wastewater-based SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology (WBE) has proven as an excellent
tool to monitor pandemic dynamics supporting individual testing strategies. WBE can also be …

Improved recovery of SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater through application of RNA and DNA stabilising agents

SH Bell, DM Allen, MI Reyne, JFW Lock… - Letters in Applied …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) has become an integral part of the public
health effort to track the levels of SARS-CoV-2 within communities. Detection of SARS-CoV …

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron variant RNA in wastewater samples from Manila, Philippines

JGM Inson, B Malla, DM Amalin, TM Carvajal… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Manila, a highly urbanized city, is listed as one of the top cities with the highest recorded
number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines. This study aimed …

Development, testing and validation of a SARS-CoV-2 multiplex panel for detection of the five major variants of concern on a portable PCR platform

BJ Stanhope, B Peterson, B Knight… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These variants have acquired mutations conferring phenotypes such as increased …

Identification of protein biomarkers in wastewater linked to the incidence of COVID-19

LA Devianto, M Amarasiri, L Wang, T Iizuka… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiological (WBE) surveillance is a viable disease surveillance
technique capable of monitoring the spread of infectious disease agents in sewershed …

Early warning of statewide COVID-19 Omicron wave by sentineled urbanized sewer network monitoring using digital PCR in a province capital city, of Gujarat, India

M Kumar, M Joshi, B Prajapati, K Sirikanchana… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been implemented globally. However, there
remains confusion about the number and frequency of samples to be collected, as well as …

Environmental surface monitoring as a noninvasive method for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in community settings: Lessons from a university campus study

S Ali, E Cella, C Johnston, AC Rojas, AN Brown… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental testing of high-touch objects is a potential noninvasive approach for
monitoring population-level trends of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses within a …