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 …

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 …

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in North America: a study in Louisiana, USA

SP Sherchan, S Shahin, LM Ward, S Tandukar… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigated the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) RNA in wastewater samples in southern Louisiana, USA. Untreated and treated …

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in raw and treated wastewater in Germany–suitability for COVID-19 surveillance and potential transmission risks

S Westhaus, FA Weber, S Schiwy, V Linnemann… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based monitoring of the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus, also referred to
as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), has been suggested as a tool to support …

Decay of SARS-CoV-2 and surrogate murine hepatitis virus RNA in untreated wastewater to inform application in wastewater-based epidemiology

W Ahmed, PM Bertsch, K Bibby, E Haramoto… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) demonstrates potential for COVID-19 community
transmission monitoring; however, data on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater surveillance to infer COVID-19 transmission: A systematic review

S Shah, SXW Gwee, JQX Ng, N Lau, J Koh… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Successful detection of SARS-COV-2 in wastewater suggests the potential utility of
wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for COVID-19 community surveillance. This …

Implementation of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus to support public health decisions: opportunities and challenges

G Medema, F Been, L Heijnen, S Petterson - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Analysing wastewater can be used to track infectious disease agents that are shed via stool
and urine. Sewage surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 has been suggested as a tool to determine …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox outbreak: Wastewater and environmental surveillance perspective

A Tiwari, S Adhikari, D Kaya, MA Islam, B Malla… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Monkeypox disease (MPXD), a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), is an
emerging zoonotic disease endemic in some countries of Central and Western Africa but …

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 …