Wastewater surveillance could serve as a pandemic early warning system for COVID‐19 and beyond

P Gahlot, KD Alley, S Arora, S Das… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wastewater‐based surveillance can be used as an early warning system to identify COVID‐
19 outbreaks because the viral load can be observed in sewage before it is clinically …

Recommendations for the use of metagenomics for routine monitoring of antibiotic resistance in wastewater and impacted aquatic environments

BC Davis, C Brown, S Gupta, J Calarco… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of the collective genomic information carried across
microbial communities is emerging as a powerful approach for monitoring antibiotic …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution temporal wastewater treatment plant investigation to understand influent mass flux of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

D Szabo, J Marchiandi, S Samandra… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to identify sources of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and reveals previously undescribed variability in daily …

Longitudinal and quantitative fecal shedding dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, pepper mild mottle virus, and crAssphage

PJ Arts, JD Kelly, CM Midgley, K Anglin, S Lu… - Msphere, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) emerged during the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic as a scalable and broadly applicable method for community-level …

Monitoring COVID‐19 through SARS‐CoV‐2 quantification in wastewater: progress, challenges and prospects

J Alhama, JP Maestre, MÁ Martín… - Microbial …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Wastewater‐Based Epidemiology (WBE) is widely used to monitor the
progression of the current SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic at local levels. In this review, we address …

Prediction of COVID-19 positive cases, a nation-wide SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology study

V Kisand, P Laas, K Palmik-Das, K Panksep… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Taking advantage of Estonia's small size and population, we have employed wastewater-
based epidemiology approach to monitor the spread of SARS-CoV-2, releasing weekly …

Understanding the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in an urban community using wastewater-based epidemiological approach

Y Javvadi, SV Mohan - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The study aimed to evaluate the community-wide antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profile of
an urban setting using the culture-independent wastewater-based epidemiological …

[HTML][HTML] RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance

SR Stockdale, AM Blanchard, A Nayak… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic showcased the power of genomic sequencing to
tackle the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. However, metagenomic …

[HTML][HTML] Successful application of wastewater-based epidemiology in prediction and monitoring of the second wave of COVID-19 with fragmented sewerage systems …

S Arora, A Nag, A Kalra, V Sinha, E Meena… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The present study tracked the city-wide dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome-
corona virus 2 ribonucleic acids (SARS-CoV-2 RNA) in the wastewater from nine different …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based surveillance models for COVID-19: A focused review on spatio-temporal models

F Torabi, G Li, C Mole, G Nicholson, B Rowlingson… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The evident shedding of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA particles from infected individuals into the
wastewater opened up a tantalizing array of possibilities for prediction of COVID-19 …