Viral indicators for tracking domestic wastewater contamination in the aquatic environment

DI Walker, EM Adriaenssens, JE McDonald, LS Hillary… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Waterborne enteric viruses are an emerging cause of disease outbreaks and represent a
major threat to global public health. Enteric viruses may originate from human wastewater …

The human intestinal virome in health and disease

SR Carding, N Davis, L Hoyles - Alimentary pharmacology & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background The human virome consists of animal‐cell viruses causing transient infections,
bacteriophage (phage) predators of bacteria and archaea, endogenous retroviruses and …

Quantitative CrAssphage PCR assays for human fecal pollution measurement

E Stachler, C Kelty, M Sivaganesan, X Li… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Environmental waters are monitored for fecal pollution to protect public health and water
resources. Traditionally, general fecal-indicator bacteria are used; however, they cannot …

Bacteriophages as indicators of faecal pollution and enteric virus removal

BR McMinn, NJ Ashbolt… - Letters in applied …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Bacteriophages are an attractive alternative to faecal indicator bacteria (FIB), particularly as
surrogates of enteric virus fate and transport, due to their closer morphological and …

Movers and shakers: influence of bacteriophages in sha** the mammalian gut microbiota

S Mills, F Shanahan, C Stanton, C Hill, A Coffey… - Gut …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The human intestinal microbiota is one of the most densely populated ecosystems on Earth,
containing up to 1013 bacteria/g and in some respects can be considered an organ itself …

Performance of forty-one microbial source tracking methods: a twenty-seven lab evaluation study

AB Boehm, LC Van De Werfhorst, JF Griffith… - Water research, 2013 - Elsevier
The last decade has seen development of numerous new microbial source tracking (MST)
methodologies, but many of these have been tested in just a few laboratories with a limited …

Mobile genetic elements of the human gastrointestinal tract: potential for spread of antibiotic resistance genes

E Broaders, CGM Gahan, JR Marchesi - Gut microbes, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The human intestine is an important location for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) due to the
presence of a densely populated community of microorganisms which are essential to the …

Bacteriophages in sewage: abundance, roles, and applications

E Ballesté, AR Blanch, M Muniesa… - FEMS …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The raw sewage that flows through sewage systems contains a complex microbial
community whose main source is the human gut microbiome, with bacteriophages being as …

Beach sand and the potential for infectious disease transmission: observations and recommendations

HM Solo-Gabriele, VJ Harwood, D Kay… - Journal of the Marine …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Recent studies suggest that sand can serve as a vehicle for exposure of humans to
pathogens at beach sites, resulting in increased health risks. Sampling for microorganisms …

Nanopore sequencing as a revolutionary diagnostic tool for porcine viral enteric disease complexes identifies porcine kobuvirus as an important enteric virus

S Theuns, B Vanmechelen, Q Bernaert, W Deboutte… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Enteric diseases in swine are often caused by different pathogens and thus metagenomics
are a useful tool for diagnostics. The capacities of nanopore sequencing for viral diagnostics …