An assessment of hospital wastewater and biomedical waste generation, existing legislations, risk assessment, treatment processes, and scenario during COVID-19

VK Parida, D Sikarwar, A Majumder… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hospitals release significant quantities of wastewater (HWW) and biomedical waste (BMW),
which hosts a wide range of contaminants that can adversely affect the environment if left …

Lead time of early warning by wastewater surveillance for COVID-19: Geographical variations and impacting factors

M Kumar, G Jiang, AK Thakur, S Chatterjee… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global data on the temporal tracking of the COVID-19 through wastewater surveillance
needs to be comparatively evaluated to generate a proper and precise understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] A critical assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in aqueous environment: Existence, detection, survival, wastewater-based surveillance, inactivation methods, and …

VK Parida, D Saidulu, A Bhatnagar, AK Gupta… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In early January 2020, the causal agent of unspecified pneumonia cases detected in China
and elsewhere was identified as a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Genetic sequencing detected the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in wastewater a month prior to the first COVID-19 case in Ahmedabad (India)

M Joshi, M Kumar, V Srivastava, D Kumar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based genomic surveillance can identify a huge majority of variants shed by the
infected individuals within a population, which goes beyond genomic surveillance based on …

Human viral pathogens in the wastewater-source water-drinking water continuum: Evidence, health risks, and lessons for future outbreaks in low-income settings

W Gwenzi, B Adelodun, P Kumar, FO Ajibade… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Human viral pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2 continue to attract public and research
attention due to their disruption of society, global health, and the economy. Several earlier …

Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater matrix: a review

NV Mogili, MR Mallu, J Kodavaty, RR Erva - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2024 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 is the agent responsible for the global pandemic sickness, COVID-19. It is an
enveloped virus that belongs to the family Coronaviridae. Recent studies have revealed the …

First report on the toxicity of SARS-CoV-2, alone and in combination with polyethylene microplastics in neotropical fish

R de Oliveira Ferreira, ATB Guimarães… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented negative impacts in the modern era,
including economic, social, and public health losses. On the other hand, the potential effects …

Response of wastewater-based epidemiology predictor for the second wave of COVID-19 in Ahmedabad, India: A long-term data Perspective

M Kumar, M Joshi, G Jiang, R Yamada, R Honda… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we present an eight-month longitudinal study of wastewater-based
epidemiology (WBE) in Ahmedabad, India, where wastewater surveillance was introduced …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating the role of environmental management of forests, air quality, solid waste and wastewater on the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2

K Al Huraimel, M Alhosani, H Gopalani… - Hygiene and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency of zoonotic diseases is amongst several catastrophic
repercussions of inadequate environmental management. Emergence, prevalence, and …

Post-COVID-19 pandemic perspectives on the need for wastewater surveillance of pathogenic microorganisms, antibiotics, and antimicrobial resistance in South Asia

P Chakraborty, N Mohamed, S Rajan… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
After the COVID-19 pandemic, antimicrobial determinants, and human pathogens are of
deeper concern since they can pose a serious threat on public health. Given the high …