[HTML][HTML] Making waves: wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19–approaches and challenges for surveillance and prediction

D Polo, M Quintela-Baluja, A Corbishley, DL Jones… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the feces of infected patients and wastewater has drawn
attention, not only to the possibility of fecal-oral transmission but also to the use of …

[HTML][HTML] Viruses in wastewater: occurrence, abundance and detection methods

MVA Corpuz, A Buonerba, G Vigliotta, T Zarra… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents an updated and comprehensive review on the different methods used
for detection and quantification of viruses in wastewater treatment systems. The analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater and public health: the potential of wastewater surveillance for monitoring COVID-19

LS Hillary, SK Malham, JE McDonald… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pathogenic viruses represent one of the greatest threats to human well-being. As evidenced
by the COVID-19 global pandemic, however, halting the spread of highly contagious …

Viral indicators for tracking domestic wastewater contamination in the aquatic environment

DI Walker, EM Adriaenssens, JE McDonald, LS Hillary… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Waterborne enteric viruses are an emerging cause of disease outbreaks and represent a
major threat to global public health. Enteric viruses may originate from human wastewater …

Next generation sequencing approaches to evaluate water and wastewater quality

E Garner, BC Davis, E Milligan, MF Blair, I Keenum… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of next generation sequencing (NGS) is revolutionizing the potential to
address complex microbiological challenges in the water industry. NGS technologies can …

The novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: possible environmental transmission, detection, persistence and fate during wastewater and water treatment

S Mohapatra, NG Menon, G Mohapatra… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19 disease, has infected over 27
million people across the globe within a few months. While literature on SARS-CoV-2 …

Studying the gut virome in the metagenomic era: challenges and perspectives

S Garmaeva, T Sinha, A Kurilshikov, J Fu, C Wijmenga… - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
The human gut harbors a complex ecosystem of microorganisms, including bacteria and
viruses. With the rise of next-generation sequencing technologies, we have seen a quantum …

Comparison of metagenomic and targeted methods for sequencing human pathogenic viruses from wastewater

HT Child, G Airey, DM Maloney, A Parker, J Wild… - MBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater-based epidemiology is a powerful tool for monitoring the emergence and
spread of viral pathogens at the population scale. Typical polymerase chain reaction (PCR) …

Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in the environment: occurrence, persistence, analysis in aquatic systems and possible management

M Patel, AK Chaubey, CU Pittman Jr, T Mlsna… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The year 2020 brought the news of the emergence of a new respiratory disease (COVID-19)
from Wuhan, China. The disease is now a global pandemic and is caused by a virus named …

RNA-viromics reveals diverse communities of soil RNA viruses with the potential to affect grassland ecosystems across multiple trophic levels

LS Hillary, EM Adriaenssens, DL Jones… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The distribution and diversity of RNA viruses in soil ecosystems are largely unknown,
despite their significant impact on public health, ecosystem functions, and food security …