Wastewater surveillance of infectious diseases is expected work for just about every infectious disease that affects humans, including monkeypox and polio. But more research is needed to apply the science for public health ...
Oct 18, 2022
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A rapid spike in cases of a potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungus has concerned public health officials across the nation. But a team of Southern Nevada researchers hope their new study applying wastewater surveillance ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, alongside collaborators from ...
Jul 21, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has reignited interest in wastewater surveillance, where sewage systems are monitored for the presence of viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. Non-infective fragments of the virus's genetic material ...
Oct 27, 2020
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The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore.
Jan 20, 2023
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Researchers at Singapore-MIT and international collaborators have made advances in viral detection in wastewater with the development of a new quantitative RT-qPCR assay that is able to detect the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. ...
Aug 22, 2022
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A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University compared wastewater monitoring and two other COVID-19 surveillance approaches in Raleigh, N.C., during the start of the pandemic. They found that wastewater and ...
Nov 14, 2022
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In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers using wastewater surveillance over conventional indicators have predicted the start of the annual respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season 12 days early, providing more lead time ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Testing wastewater for COVID-19 provides a better forecast of new COVID hospital admissions than clinical data, according to a Syracuse University research team led by postdoctoral researcher Dustin Hill.
Nov 21, 2023
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Toilet bowls reveal much about the health of a community, alerting scientists to coming outbreaks of flu and other seasonal viruses, researchers say.
Oct 11, 2023
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