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] Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance

W Ahmed, SL Simpson, PM Bertsch, K Bibby… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance for pathogens using reverse transcription-polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) is an effective and resource-efficient tool for gathering community-level …

Municipal and neighbourhood level wastewater surveillance and subty** of an influenza virus outbreak

E Mercier, PM D'Aoust, O Thakali, N Hegazy, JJ Jia… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recurrent influenza epidemics and pandemic potential are significant risks to global health.
Public health authorities use clinical surveillance to locate and monitor influenza and …

SARS-CoV-2 RNA monitoring in wastewater as a potential early warning system for COVID-19 transmission in the community: A temporal case study

W Ahmed, B Tscharke, PM Bertsch, K Bibby… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes
coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has spread rapidly across the globe infecting millions of …

SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data can predict hospitalizations and ICU admissions

A Galani, R Aalizadeh, M Kostakis, A Markou… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract We measured SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in raw wastewater in Attica, Greece, by RT-
qPCR for the environmental surveillance of COVID-19 for 6 months. The lag between RNA …

Uncertainties in estimating SARS-CoV-2 prevalence by wastewater-based epidemiology

X Li, S Zhang, J Shi, SP Luby, G Jiang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a promising approach for estimating population-
wide COVID-19 prevalence through detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Comparison of RT-qPCR and RT-dPCR platforms for the trace detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater

W Ahmed, WJM Smith, S Metcalfe, G Jackson… - Acs Es&T …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We compared reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and
RT digital PCR (RT-dPCR) platforms for the trace detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in low …

Wastewater surveillance for infectious disease: a systematic review

P Kilaru, D Hill, K Anderson, MB Collins… - American journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Wastewater surveillance for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) has been shown to be a valuable source of information regarding SARS-CoV-2 …

Challenges in measuring the recovery of SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater

RS Kantor, KL Nelson, HD Greenwald… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Wastewater-based epidemiology is an emerging tool for tracking the spread of SARS-CoV-2
through populations. However, many factors influence recovery and quantification of SARS …

Key considerations for pathogen surveillance in wastewater

A Tiwari, E Radu, N Kreuzinger, W Ahmed… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater surveillance (WWS) has received significant attention as a rapid, sensitive, and
cost-effective tool for monitoring various pathogens in a community. WWS is employed to …