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 …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: State of the knowledge and research needs

M Kitajima, W Ahmed, K Bibby, A Carducci… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been a Public Health …

[HTML][HTML] COVID pollution: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global plastic waste footprint

NU Benson, DE Bassey, T Palanisami - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Plastic products have played significant roles in protecting people during the COVID-19
pandemic. The widespread use of personal protective gear created a massive disruption in …

Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics

J Peccia, A Zulli, DE Brackney, ND Grubaugh… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
We measured severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA
concentrations in primary sewage sludge in the New Haven, Connecticut, USA, metropolitan …

First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: a proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community

W Ahmed, N Angel, J Edson, K Bibby, A Bivins… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Infection with SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
is accompanied by the shedding of the virus in stool. Therefore, the quantification of SARS …

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater anticipated COVID-19 occurrence in a low prevalence area

W Randazzo, P Truchado, E Cuevas-Ferrando… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused more than
200,000 reported COVID-19 cases in Spain resulting in more than 20,800 deaths as of April …

Presence of SARS-Coronavirus-2 RNA in sewage and correlation with reported COVID-19 prevalence in the early stage of the epidemic in the Netherlands

G Medema, L Heijnen, G Elsinga… - … science & technology …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the current COVID-19 pandemic, a significant proportion of cases shed SARS-
Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) with their faeces. To determine if SARS-CoV-2 RNA was …

First proof of the capability of wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in India through detection of genetic material of SARS-CoV-2

M Kumar, AK Patel, AV Shah, J Raval… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
We made the first ever successful effort in India to detect the genetic material of SARS-CoV-
2 viruses to understand the capability and application of wastewater-based epidemiology …

Temporal detection and phylogenetic assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater

A Nemudryi, A Nemudraia, T Wiegand, K Surya… - Cell Reports …, 2020 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 has recently been detected in feces, which indicates that wastewater may be
used to monitor viral prevalence in the community. Here, we use RT-qPCR to monitor …

Comparison of virus concentration methods for the RT-qPCR-based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from untreated wastewater

W Ahmed, PM Bertsch, A Bivins, K Bibby… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is currently a clear benefit for many countries to utilize wastewater-based
epidemiology (WBE) as part of ongoing measures to manage the coronavirus disease 2019 …