CrAssphage as an indicator of human-fecal contamination in water environment and virus reduction in wastewater treatment

MA Sabar, R Honda, E Haramoto - Water Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Viral indicators of human-fecal contamination in wastewaters and environmental waters
have been getting much attention in the past decade. Cross-assembly phage (crAssphage) …

Identifying water quality and environmental factors that influence indicator and pathogen decay in natural surface waters

K Dean, J Mitchell - Water research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Biphasic decay has been observed for indicators and pathogens in bench-scale and in-situ
water experiments for decades, however, first-order decay kinetics continue to be applied to …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology of Campylobacter spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis of influent, effluent, and removal of wastewater treatment …

S Zhang, J Shi, X Li, A Tiwari, S Gao, X Zhou… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Campylobacter spp. is one of the four leading causes of diarrhoeal diseases worldwide,
which are generally mild but can be fatal in children, the elderly, and immunosuppressed …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of human fecal marker genes and their association with pathogenic viruses in untreated wastewater determined using quantitative PCR

W Ahmed, A Bivins, S Payyappat, M Cassidy… - Water research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) of human health risks using human fecal
marker genes (HFMGs) is an useful water quality management tool. To inform accurate …

Unraveling the influence of human fecal pollution on antibiotic resistance gene levels in different receiving water bodies using crAssphage indicator gene

Z Chen, Y Duan, L Yin, Y Chen, Y Xue, X Wang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Discharged wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents can contaminate receiving water
bodies with human feces and alter the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). In …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the decay of human wastewater-associated markers and enteric viruses in laboratory microcosms simulating estuarine waters in a temperate …

W Ahmed, A Korajkic, WJ Smith, S Payyappat… - Science of The Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This study investigated the decay rates of wastewater-associated markers and enteric
viruses in laboratory microcosms mimicking estuarine water environments in temperate …

Population structure and pathogen interaction of Escherichia coli in freshwater: Implications of land‐use for water quality and public health in Aotearoa New Zealand

AL Cookson, M Devane, JC Marshall… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Freshwater samples (n= 199) were obtained from 41 sites with contrasting land‐
uses (avian, low impact, dairy, urban, sheep and beef, and mixed sheep, beef and dairy) …

Decay of four enteric pathogens and implications to wastewater-based epidemiology: Effects of temperature and wastewater dilutions

Y Guo, M Sivakumar, G Jiang - Science of The Total Environment, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Measurement of pathogens in raw wastewater from a population within certain sewer
catchments can provide quantitative information on public health status within the sampled …

Characterizing spatial information loss for wastewater surveillance using crassphage: effect of decay, temperature, and population mobility

C Wiesner-Friedman, NE Brinkman… - … science & technology, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Populations contribute information about their health status to wastewater. Characterizing
how that information degrades in transit to wastewater sampling locations (eg, wastewater …

Occurrence, Sources and Virulence Potential of Arcobacter butzleri in Urban Municipal Stormwater Systems

LR Carson, M Beaudry, C Valeo, J He… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
A. butzleri is an underappreciated emerging global pathogen, despite growing evidence that
it is a major contributor of diarrheal illness. Few studies have investigated the occurrence …