Wastewater-based epidemiology biomarkers: past, present and future

PM Choi, BJ Tscharke, E Donner, JW O'Brien… - TrAC Trends in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater is a complex matrix containing a wide range of chemical and biological markers
of human activity. Relating concentrations of these “waste” materials in wastewater influent …

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 …

SARS-CoV-2 RNA is enriched by orders of magnitude in primary settled solids relative to liquid wastewater at publicly owned treatment works

S Kim, LC Kennedy, MK Wolfe, CS Criddle… - … : water research & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Wastewater-based epidemiology has gained attention throughout the world for detection of
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater to supplement clinical testing. Raw wastewater consists of …

Wastewater-based epidemiology: current status and future prospects

M Lorenzo, Y Picó - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been consolidated as a tool to provide real-
time information on consumption of legal and illegal drugs of abuse by the population …

Comparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities

JA Baz-Lomba, S Salvatore, E Gracia-Lor, R Bade… - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background Monitoring the scale of pharmaceuticals, illicit and licit drugs consumption is
important to assess the needs of law enforcement and public health, and provides more …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology as a surveillance tool to assess human consumption of psychotropic substances: Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine as case …

N Rousis, R Bade, E Gracia-Lor - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is used as a surveillance tool to provide data on
public health, drug use, exposure to chemicals and lifestyle habits. This approach can be …

Changes in alcohol consumption associated with social distancing and self‐isolation policies triggered by COVID‐19 in South Australia: a wastewater analysis study

R Bade, BS Simpson, M Ghetia, L Nguyen… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To assess the effects of social distancing and social isolation policies triggered by
COVID‐19 on alcohol consumption using wastewater analysis in Adelaide, South Australia …

Making waves: collaboration in the time of SARS-CoV-2-rapid development of an international co-operation and wastewater surveillance database to support public …

L Lundy, D Fatta-Kassinos, J Slobodnik, P Karaolia… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater was first reported in March 2020. Over the
subsequent months, the potential for wastewater surveillance to contribute to COVID-19 …

Sewage protein information mining: discovery of large biomolecules as biomarkers of population and industrial activities

M Carrascal, E Sánchez-Jiménez, J Fang… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wastewater-based epidemiology has been revealed as a powerful approach for surveying
the health and lifestyle of a population. In this context, proteins have been proposed as …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput multi-residue quantification of contaminants of emerging concern in wastewaters enabled using direct injection liquid chromatography …

KT Ng, H Rapp-Wright, M Egli, A Hartmann… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
A rapid quantitative method for 135 contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in untreated
wastewater enabled with direct injection liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry …