Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Disease sweeping through Gaza's refugee camps

Health officials in Gaza are growing increasingly concerned about the spread of disease among displaced communities in the besieged enclave.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Detecting hepatitis viruses in wastewater

Hepatitis E is widespread among the population worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that around 20 million people are infected with it every year.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A rapid, highly sensitive method to measure SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been shown to be an excellent means of understanding the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in communities. It is now used in multiple areas across the world to track the prevalence of the virus, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chemicals in wastewater may help track COVID-19

The last issue of Wiley's Research Headlines highlighted part one of a study in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry that involved analysis of sludge from a wastewater treatment plant in Connecticut, and revealed trends ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Wastewater predicts COVID-19 outbreaks days before diagnostic testing

By taking daily samples from the New Haven-area wastewater treatment plant, researchers have been able to track the progression of COVID-19 up to seven days before the same pattern is reported by compiled testing data from ...

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