Reconstructing SARS-CoV-2 lineages from mixed wastewater sequencing data

I Ellmen, AK Overton, JJ Knapp, D Nash, H Ho… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 has emerged as a critical tool for tracking the
spread of COVID-19. In addition to estimating the relative case numbers using quantitative …

Impact of reference design on estimating SARS-CoV-2 lineage abundances from wastewater sequencing data

E Aßmann, S Agrawal, L Orschler, S Böttcher… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Sequencing of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
RNA from wastewater samples has emerged as a valuable tool for detecting the presence …

Genomic surveillance of Canadian airport wastewater samples allows early detection of emerging SARS-CoV-2 lineages

AK Overton, JJ Knapp, OU Lawal, R Gibson… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has shown
wastewater (WW) surveillance to be an effective means of tracking the emergence of viral …

[HTML][HTML] Real-Time Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Oklahoma Wastewater through Allele-Specific RT-qPCR

K Shelton, GN Deshpande, GJ Sanchez… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater surveillance was used to monitor community
transmission of SARS-CoV-2. As new genetic variants emerged, the need for timely …

Synthetic data: how could it be used in infectious disease research?

SC Fragkouli, D Solanki, LJ Castro… - Future …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last 3–5 years, it has become possible to generate machine learning (ML) synthetic
data (SD) for healthcare related uses. However, concerns have been raised about potential …