The pit latrine paradox in low-income settings: a sanitation technology of choice or a pollution hotspot?

W Gwenzi, J Marumure, Z Makuvara… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Pit latrines are widely promoted to improve sanitation in low-income settings, but their
pollution and health risks receive cursory attention. The present narrative review presents …

Diagnostics and analysis of SARS-CoV-2: current status, recent advances, challenges and perspectives

T Dong, M Wang, J Liu, P Ma, S Pang, W Liu… - Chemical Science, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The disastrous spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has induced severe public healthcare issues and weakened the global economy …

Human viral pathogens in the wastewater-source water-drinking water continuum: Evidence, health risks, and lessons for future outbreaks in low-income settings

W Gwenzi, B Adelodun, P Kumar, FO Ajibade… - Science of the Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Human viral pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2 continue to attract public and research
attention due to their disruption of society, global health, and the economy. Several earlier …

Wastewater, waste, and water-based epidemiology (WWW-BE): A novel hypothesis and decision-support tool to unravel COVID-19 in low-income settings?

W Gwenzi - Science of the Total Environment, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Traditional wastewater-based epidemiology (W-BE) relying on SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection
in wastewater is attractive for understanding COVID-19. Yet traditional W-BE based on …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance in Africa—a rapid review

T Dzinamarira, G Murewanhema… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Wastewater-based epidemiology for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in wastewater is desirable
for understanding COVID-19 in settings where financial resources and diagnostic facilities …

Spread of flushing-generated fecal aerosols in a squat toilet cubicle: Implication for infection risk

D Luo, J Huang, X Zheng, F Liu, Y Li, Y Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Toilet flushing generates and spread fecal aerosols, potentially leading to infection
transmission risk. Squat toilets are widely used in public restrooms in some Asian countries …

SARS-CoV-2 infection at the Huanan seafood market

V Courtier-Orgogozo, FA de Ribera - Environmental Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The Huanan market harbored many of the early COVID-19 cases in 2019 and is a key
element to understanding the origin of the pandemic. Whether the initial animal-to-human …

Can SARS-CoV-2 be transmitted via faeces?

IB Moura, AM Buckley, MH Wilcox - Current Opinion in …, 2022‏ - journals.lww.com
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CFD modeling of dynamic airflow and particle transmission in an aircraft lavatory

P Li, W Liu, TT Zhang - Building Simulation, 2023‏ - Springer
Lavatories are frequently used facilities, especially on long-haul flights. Flushing a vacuum
toilet in a lavatory can induce strong airflow, produce aerosols in the toilet bowl, and …

Development of functional filter materials for virus protective face masks

F Zabihi, J Reissner, A Friese… - Advanced Materials …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Wearing face masks during pandemics is an important protective measure against the
spreading of virus‐related infectious diseases. Nevertheless, the risk of indirect transmission …