Testing at scale during the COVID-19 pandemic

TR Mercer, M Salit - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Assembly and publication of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) genome in January 2020 enabled the immediate development of tests to detect the …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater surveillance to infer COVID-19 transmission: A systematic review

S Shah, SXW Gwee, JQX Ng, N Lau, J Koh… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Successful detection of SARS-COV-2 in wastewater suggests the potential utility of
wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for COVID-19 community surveillance. This …

Evaluation of sampling, analysis, and normalization methods for SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in wastewater to assess COVID-19 burdens in Wisconsin communities

S Feng, A Roguet, JS McClary-Gutierrez… - Acs Es&T …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 provides an approach for assessing the infection
burden across a sewer service area. For these data to be useful for public health …

[HTML][HTML] Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance

W Ahmed, SL Simpson, PM Bertsch, K Bibby… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance for pathogens using reverse transcription-polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) is an effective and resource-efficient tool for gathering community-level …

Wastewater-based detection of two influenza outbreaks

MK Wolfe, D Duong, KM Bakker… - … & Technology Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Traditional influenza surveillance informs control strategies but can lag behind outbreak
onset and undercount cases. Wastewater surveillance is effective for monitoring near real …

Longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on high-touch surfaces in a community setting

AP Harvey, ER Fuhrmeister, ME Cantrell… - … science & technology …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Environmental surveillance of surface contamination is an unexplored tool for understanding
transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in community settings. We conducted longitudinal swab …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom national …

MJ Wade, AL Jacomo, E Armenise, MR Brown… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has put unprecedented pressure on public health resources
around the world. From adversity, opportunities have arisen to measure the state and …

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 …

Uncertainties in estimating SARS-CoV-2 prevalence by wastewater-based epidemiology

X Li, S Zhang, J Shi, SP Luby, G Jiang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a promising approach for estimating population-
wide COVID-19 prevalence through detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Correlation between SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in wastewater and COVID-19 cases in community: a systematic review and meta-analysis

X Li, S Zhang, S Sherchan, G Orive, U Lertxundi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been considered as a promising approach for
population-wide surveillance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Many studies have …