Impact of sewer overflow on public health: A comprehensive scientometric analysis and systematic review

AO Sojobi, T Zayed - Environmental research, 2022 - Elsevier
Sewer overflow (SO), which has attracted global attention, poses serious threat to public
health and ecosystem. SO impacts public health via consumption of contaminated drinking …

[HTML][HTML] Clinically important E. coli strains can persist, and retain their pathogenicity, on environmental plastic and fabric waste

MJ Ormsby, HL White, R Metcalf, DM Oliver… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic waste is ubiquitous in the environment and there are increasing reports of such
waste being colonised by human pathogens. However, the ability of pathogens to persist on …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic pollution and fungal, protozoan, and helminth pathogens–A neglected environmental and public health issue?

MJ Ormsby, A Akinbobola, RS Quilliam - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic waste is ubiquitous in the environment and can become colonised by distinct
microbial biofilm communities, known collectively as the 'plastisphere.'The plastisphere can …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic Insights of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli From Wastewater Sources and Their Association With Clinical Pathogens in South Africa

J Mbanga, DG Amoako, ALK Abia, M Allam… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is limited information on the comparative genomic diversity of antibiotic-resistant
Escherichia coli from wastewater. We sought to characterize environmental E. coli isolates …

Integrating life cycle assessment with quantitative microbial risk assessment for a holistic evaluation of sewage treatment plant

A Bhatt, AC Dada, SK Prajapati, P Arora - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
An integrated approach was employed in the present study to combine life cycle assessment
(LCA) with quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) to assess an existing sewage …

Transport and risk of airborne pathogenic microorganisms in the process of decentralized sewage discharge and treatment

Y Han, X Yu, Y Cao, J Liu, Y Wang, Z Liu, C Lyu, Y Li… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Sewage treatment processes are a critical anthropogenic source of bioaerosols and may
present significant health risks to plant workers. Compared with the specialization and scale …

Emission characteristics and quantitative health risk assessment of bioaerosols in an indoor toilet after flushing under various ventilation scenarios

W Ali, Y Yang, L Gong, C Yan, B Cui - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In the indoor environment, toilet is one of the primary sources of bioaerosol because flushing
events can disturb stool materials. Bioaerosol exposure has a significant impact on human …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic, heavy metal, and biocide concentrations in a wastewater treatment plant and its receiving water body exceed PNEC limits: Potential for …

KB Chukwu, OA Abafe, DG Amoako, SY Essack… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although the rise in antimicrobial resistance has been attributed mainly to the extensive and
indiscriminate use of antimicrobials such as antibiotics and biocides in humans, animals and …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging Technologies for the Control of Biological Contaminants in Water Treatment: A Critical Review

R Gao, SH Gao, J Li, Y Su, F Huang, B Liang, L Fan… - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological contaminants (BCs), including but not limited to various pathogens and their
endogenous pollutants such as intracellular pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring faecal contamination and relationship of physicochemical variables with faecal indicator bacteria numbers in Bukavu surface waters, tributaries of …

AM Bisimwa, B Kisuya, ZM Kazadi, BB Muhaya… - Hygiene and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in association with physicochemical parameters were
monitored twice a month from 2017 to 2019 in the Kahuwa (KW), Wesha (WS), Tshula (TL) …