Since May 2022, an outbreak of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has been spreading
in non-endemic countries and this disease is caused by a mpox virus (MPXV) belonging to …

Background Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been implemented to monitor
surges of COVID-19. Yet, multiple factors impede the usefulness of WBE and quantitative …

Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) can monitor for the presence of human health
pathogens in the population. During COVID-19, WBS was widely used to determine …

The genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) in riverine and sewage
water has been widely used as an epidemiological tool worldwide. But its utility for …

Detecting and monitoring viruses in wastewater samples have been reported as useful ways
of tracking SARS-CoV-2 epidemic trends. However, there is currently no unanimously …

Wastewater surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has shown to be an important approach to determine early outbreaks of infections …

Wastewater-based surveillance can be used as a complementary method to other SARS-
CoV-2 surveillance systems. It allows the emergence and spread of infections and SARS …

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sustained surveillance efforts, which made unprecedented
volumes and types of data available. In Belgium, these data were used to conduct a targeted …

Abstract According to World Health Organization (WHO), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is
currently one of the world's top 10 health threats, causing infections to become difficult or …

Following the experience gathered during the COVID-19 crisis, the Respi-Radar was
developed by the Belgian Risk Assessment Group (RAG) in the summer of 2023, with the …