Wastewater-based surveillance as a tool for public health action: SARS-CoV-2 and beyond

MD Parkins, BE Lee, N Acosta, M Bautista… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024‏ - journals.asm.org
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has undergone dramatic advancement in the context
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The power and potential of this …

Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in clinical environments

NA Lerminiaux, ADS Cameron - Canadian journal of …, 2019‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
A global medical crisis is unfolding as antibiotics lose effectiveness against a growing
number of bacterial pathogens. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) contributes significantly to …

Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review

N Hassoun-Kheir, Y Stabholz, JU Kreft… - Science of the Total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) are constantly
shed into the aquatic environment, with hospital wastewater potentially acting as an …

Genomic analysis of hospital plumbing reveals diverse reservoir of bacterial plasmids conferring carbapenem resistance

RA Weingarten, RC Johnson, S Conlan, AM Ramsburg… - MBio, 2018‏ - journals.asm.org
The hospital environment is a potential reservoir of bacteria with plasmids conferring
carbapenem resistance. Our Hospital Epidemiology Service routinely performs extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in aquatic environments: A review

Z Cherak, L Loucif, A Moussi, JM Rolain - Journal of Global Antimicrobial …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest public-health challenges worldwide, especially
with regard to Gram-negative bacteria (GNB). Carbapenems are the β-lactam antibiotics of …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring of hospital sewage shows both promise and limitations as an early-warning system for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in a low …

CF Flach, M Hutinel, M Razavi, C Åhrén, DGJ Larsson - Water research, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) constitute a significant threat to
healthcare systems. Continuous surveillance is important for the management and early …

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, and antibiotic residues in wastewater from a poultry slaughterhouse after conventional and advanced …

M Savin, J Alexander, G Bierbaum, JA Hammerl… - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Slaughterhouse wastewater is considered a reservoir for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and
antibiotic residues, which are not sufficiently removed by conventional treatment processes …

New insights for biosensing: Lessons from microbial defense systems

Y Wan, C Zong, X Li, A Wang, Y Li, T Yang… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Microorganisms have gained defense systems during the lengthy process of evolution over
millions of years. Such defense systems can protect them from being attacked by invading …

Research needs for optimising wastewater-based epidemiology monitoring for public health protection

K Robins, AFC Leonard, K Farkas… - Journal of Water and …, 2022‏ - iwaponline.com
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an unobtrusive method used to observe patterns
in illicit drug use, poliovirus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Clinically relevant β-lactam resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants

I Waśko, A Kozińska, E Kotlarska… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the largest global concerns due to its influence in
multiple areas, which is consistent with One Health's concept of close interconnections …