[HTML][HTML] Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants in October–November 2022 in Italy: detection of XBB. 1, BA. 2.75 and rapid spread of the BQ. 1 lineage

G La Rosa, D Brandtner, GB Ferraro, C Veneri… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study adds insight regarding the occurrence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of
Concern (VOCs) and Variants of Interest (VOIs) in Italy in October and November 2022, by …

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 …

Wastewater and clinical surveillance of respiratory viral pathogens on a university campus

SC Holland, MF Smith, LRA Holland… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Areas of dense population congregation are prone to experience respiratory virus
outbreaks. We monitored wastewater and clinic patients for the presence of respiratory …

Seasonality of respiratory, enteric, and urinary viruses revealed by wastewater genomic surveillance

MF Smith, R Maqsood, RA Sullins, EM Driver… - Msphere, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater surveillance can reveal population-level infectious disease burden and
emergent public health threats can be reliably assessed through wastewater surveillance …

Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in wastewater: an assessment of nine computational tools using simulated genomic data

SG Sutcliffe, SA Kraemer, I Ellmen… - Microbial …, 2024 - microbiologyresearch.org
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) is an important epidemiological and public health
tool for tracking pathogens across the scale of a building, neighbourhood, city, or region …

Digital PCR discriminates between SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants and immune escape mutations

SC Holland, LRA Holland, MF Smith, MB Lee… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to evolve,
mutations arise that will allow the virus to evade immune defenses and therapeutics. Assays …

[HTML][HTML] Human adenovirus outbreak at a university campus monitored by wastewater and clinical surveillance

SC Holland, MF Smith, LRA Holland, R Maqsood… - medRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Areas of dense population congregation are prone to experience respiratory virus
outbreaks. We monitored wastewater and clinic patients for the presence of respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal dynamics of the nasopharyngal microbiome in response to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and HIV infection in Kenyan women and their infants

A Žuštra, VR Leonard, LRA Holland, JC Hu, T Mu… - Research …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The nasopharynx and its microbiota are implicated in respiratory health and disease. The
interplay between viral infection and the nasopharyngeal microbiome is an area of …

Real-Time Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Oklahoma Wastewater through Allele-Specific RT-qPCR

K Shelton, GN Deshpande, GJ Sanchez, J Vogel… - 2024 - preprints.org
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater surveillance was used to monitor community
transmission of SARS-CoV-2. As new genetic variants emerged, the need for timely …

Influenza Virus Genomic Surveillance, Arizona, USA, 2023–2024

R Maqsood, MF Smith, LRA Holland, RA Sullins… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Influenza viruses are constantly evolving and are therefore monitored worldwide in the hope
to reduce the burden of disease by annual updates to vaccine recommendations. We …