Optimization of the 5-plex digital PCR workflow for simultaneous monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogenic viruses in wastewater

B Malla, S Shrestha, E Haramoto - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology is a valuable tool for monitoring pathogenic viruses in the
environment, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the …

Beyond COVID-19: wastewater-based epidemiology for multipathogen surveillance and normalization strategies

B Malla, S Shrestha, N Sthapit, S Hirai, S Raya… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a critical tool for monitoring community health.
Although much attention has focused on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Key considerations for pathogen surveillance in wastewater

A Tiwari, E Radu, N Kreuzinger, W Ahmed… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance (WWS) has received significant attention as a rapid, sensitive, and
cost-effective tool for monitoring various pathogens in a community. WWS is employed to …

[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 …

Group A Streptococcus pyogenes in wastewater: Applicability of wastewater-based epidemiology for monitoring the prevalence of GAS pharyngitis during the late …

S Shrestha, B Malla, E Haramoto - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Streptococcus pyogenes, Group A Streptococcus (GAS), is a human pathogen that
causes a spectrum of diseases from mild to severe, including GAS pharyngitis, a common …

Developing wastewater-based surveillance schemes for multiple pathogens: The WastPan project in Finland

A Tiwari, KM Lehto, DK Paspaliari… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater comprises multiple pathogens and offers a potential for wastewater-based
surveillance (WBS) to track the prevalence of communicable diseases. The Finnish WastPan …

Seasonality of respiratory, enteric, and urinary viruses revealed by wastewater genomic surveillance

MF Smith, R Maqsood, RA Sullins, EM Driver… - Msphere, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater surveillance can reveal population-level infectious disease burden and
emergent public health threats can be reliably assessed through wastewater surveillance …

Tracking diarrhea viruses and mpox virus using the wastewater surveillance network in Hong Kong

X Zheng, K Zhao, B Xue, Y Deng, X Xu, W Yan, C Rong… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The wastewater surveillance network successfully established for COVID-19 showed great
potential to monitor other infectious viruses, such as norovirus, rotavirus and mpox virus. In …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput microfluidic quantitative PCR system for the simultaneous detection of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial and viral pathogens in …

S Shrestha, B Malla, E Haramoto - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Comprehensive data on bacterial and viral pathogens of diarrhea and studies applying
culture-independent methods for examining antibiotic resistance in wastewater are lacking …

Repurposing Sewage and Toilet Systems: Environmental, Public Health, and Person‐Centered Healthcare Applications

D Yigci, J Bonventre, A Ozcan, S Tasoglu - Global Challenges, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global terrestrial water supplies are rapidly depleting due to the consequences of climate
change. Water scarcity results in an inevitable compromise of safe hygiene and sanitation …