Jointly estimating epidemiological dynamics of Covid-19 from case and wastewater data in Aotearoa New Zealand

LM Watson, MJ Plank, BA Armstrong… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Timely and informed public health responses to infectious diseases such as
COVID-19 necessitate reliable information about infection dynamics. The case …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-factor normalisation of viral counts from wastewater improves the detection accuracy of viral disease in the community

C Pellett, RC Williams, MJ Wade, AJ Weightman… - … Technology & Innovation, 2024 - Elsevier
The detection of viruses (eg SARS-CoV-2, norovirus) in wastewater represents an effective
way to monitor the prevalence of these pathogens circulating within the community …

Estimating rates of change to interpret quantitative wastewater surveillance of disease trends

DA Holcomb, A Christensen, K Hoffman, A Lee… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Wastewater monitoring data can be used to estimate disease trends to inform
public health responses. One commonly estimated metric is the rate of change in pathogen …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 surveillance and beyond: A survey

C Chen, Y Wang, G Kaur, A Adiga, B Espinoza… - Epidemics, 2024 - Elsevier
The pandemic of COVID-19 has imposed tremendous pressure on public health systems
and social economic ecosystems over the past years. To alleviate its social impact, it is …

Wastewater-based Epidemiology for COVID-19 Surveillance and Beyond: A Survey

C Chen, Y Wang, G Kaur, A Adiga, B Espinoza… - ArXiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The pandemic of COVID-19 has imposed tremendous pressure on public health systems
and social economic ecosystems over the past years. To alleviate its social impact, it is …

International Workers' Day: Consumption Patterns of Morphine, Codeine, and Methamphetamine in Urban and Rural Areas Based on Wastewater‐Based …

W Li, J Lu, H Zhao, J Zhao, Y Yan… - Environmental …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE) is a reliable means to estimate drug consumption
in a specific population. By measuring the concentration of drug residues or metabolites in …

Estimating the COVID-19 prevalence from wastewater

J Mohring, N Leithäuser, J Wlazło, M Schulte, M Pilz… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Wastewater based epidemiology has become a widely used tool for monitoring trends of
concentrations of different pathogens, most notably and widespread of SARS-CoV-2 …

Improving estimates of epidemiological quantities by combining reported cases with wastewater data: a statistical framework with applications to COVID-19 in …

LM Watson, MJ Plank, BA Armstrong, JR Chapman… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background Timely and informed public health responses to infectious diseases such as
COVID-19 necessitate reliable information about infection dynamics. The case …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2: A Comparison of Two Concentration Methods

C Diamanti, L Nousis, P Bozidis, M Koureas, M Kyritsi… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Wastewater surveillance is crucial for the epidemiological monitoring of SARS-CoV-2.
Various concentration techniques, such as skimmed milk flocculation (SMF) and …