[HTML][HTML] The dynamic relationship between COVID-19 cases and SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentrations across time and space: Considerations for model training …

R Schill, KL Nelson, S Harris-Lovett… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based surveillance has been used alongside
diagnostic testing to monitor infection rates. With the decline in cases reported to public …

Balancing public health and group privacy: ethics, rights, and obligations for wastewater surveillance systems

D Nainani, WJ Ng, S Wuertz, JR Thompson - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
As the threat of COVID-19 recedes, wastewater surveillance–unlike other pandemic-era
public health surveillance methods–seems here to stay. Concerns have been raised …

Utilizing a national wastewater monitoring program to address the US opioid epidemic: a focus on Metro Atlanta, Georgia

T Wright, A Adhikari - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The opioid epidemic has continued to be an ongoing public health crisis within Metro Atlanta
for the last three decades. However, estimating opioid use and exposure in a large …

Simple SARS-CoV-2 concentration methods for wastewater surveillance in low resource settings

MD Banadaki, S Torabi, A Rockward, WD Strike… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) measures pathogens in wastewater to monitor
infectious disease prevalence in communities. Due to the high dilution of pathogens in …

Using wastewater to overcome health disparities among rural residents

RH Holm, G Pocock, MA Severson, VC Huber, T Smith… - Geoforum, 2023 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic highlighted the need for novel tools to promote health equity.
There has been a historical legacy around the location and allocation of public facilities …

Making waves: The benefits and challenges of responsibly implementing wastewater-based surveillance for rural communities

A Cohen, P Vikesland, A Pruden, LA Krometis, LM Lee… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The sampling and analysis of sewage for pathogens and other biomarkers offers a powerful
tool for monitoring and understanding community health trends and potentially predicting …

Epidemiological model can forecast COVID-19 outbreaks from wastewater-based surveillance in rural communities.

T Meadows, ER Coats, S Narum, EM Top… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater has emerged as a crucial tool for infectious disease surveillance, offering a
valuable means to bridge the equity gap between underserved communities and larger …

Portable, single nucleotide polymorphism-specific duplex assay for virus surveillance in wastewater

C Oh, G Xun, ST Lane, VA Petrov, H Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Argonaute protein from the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus (PfAgo) is a DNA-guided
nuclease that targets DNA with any sequence. We designed a virus detection assay in which …

To sample or not to sample: A governance-focused decision tree for wastewater service providers considering participation in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) …

R Maal-Bared, K Brisolara, M Knight… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) provides value to public health monitoring and
protection. Participation of public and private wastewater system operators in WBE efforts is …

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 …