[HTML][HTML] Future perspectives of wastewater-based epidemiology: monitoring infectious disease spread and resistance to the community level

N Sims, B Kasprzyk-Hordern - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases are acknowledged as one of the most critical threats to global public
health today. Climate change, unprecedented population growth with accelerated rates of …

Critical review on the stability of illicit drugs in sewers and wastewater samples

AK McCall, R Bade, J Kinyua, FY Lai, PK Thai… - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) applies advanced analytical methods to quantify
drug residues in wastewater with the aim to estimate illicit drug use at the population level …

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater settled solids is associated with COVID-19 cases in a large urban sewershed

KE Graham, SK Loeb, MK Wolfe, D Catoe… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Wastewater-based epidemiology may be useful for informing public health response to viral
diseases like COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2. We quantified SARS-CoV-2 RNA in …

SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data can predict hospitalizations and ICU admissions

A Galani, R Aalizadeh, M Kostakis, A Markou… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract We measured SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in raw wastewater in Attica, Greece, by RT-
qPCR for the environmental surveillance of COVID-19 for 6 months. The lag between RNA …

Patterns of pharmaceuticals use during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Athens, Greece as revealed by wastewater-based epidemiology

A Galani, N Alygizakis, R Aalizadeh, E Kastritis… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Since 2019, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
impaired public health with considerable morbidity and mortality due to the lack of vaccines …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring drug consumption in Innsbruck during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown by wastewater analysis

V Reinstadler, V Ausweger, AL Grabher… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has developed into a serious pandemic
with millions of cases diagnosed worldwide. To fight COVID-19 pandemic, over 100 …

Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in E urope quantified by wastewater analysis

C Ort, ALN van Nuijs, JD Berset, L Bijlsma… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To perform wastewater analyses to assess spatial differences and temporal changes of
illicit drug use in a large E uropean population. Design Analyses of raw wastewater over a 1 …

The potential of wastewater-based epidemiology as surveillance and early warning of infectious disease outbreaks

K Mao, K Zhang, W Du, W Ali, X Feng… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases caused by pathogens have become one of the main threats to public
health. Efficient monitoring of infectious disease transmission is critical to prevent and …

Measuring biomarkers in wastewater as a new source of epidemiological information: Current state and future perspectives

E Gracia-Lor, S Castiglioni, R Bade, F Been… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
The information obtained from the chemical analysis of specific human excretion products
(biomarkers) in urban wastewater can be used to estimate the exposure or consumption of …

Comparing illicit drug use in 19 European cities through sewage analysis

KV Thomas, L Bijlsma, S Castiglioni, A Covaci… - Science of the total …, 2012 - Elsevier
The analysis of sewage for urinary biomarkers of illicit drugs is a promising and
complementary approach for estimating the use of these substances in the general …