TY - JOUR
T1 - Not a waste
T2 - Wastewater surveillance to enhance public health
AU - Gitter, Anna
AU - Oghuan, Jeremiah
AU - Godbole, Anuja Rajendra
AU - Chavarria, Carlos A.
AU - Monserrat, Carlos
AU - Hu, Tao
AU - Wang, Yun
AU - Maresso, Anthony W.
AU - Hanson, Blake M.
AU - Mena, Kristina D.
AU - Wu, Fuqing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Gitter, Oghuan, Godbole, Chavarria, Monserrat, Hu, Wang, Maresso, Hanson, Mena and Wu.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Domestic wastewater, when collected and evaluated appropriately, can provide valuable health-related information for a community. As a relatively unbiased and non-invasive approach, wastewater surveillance may complement current practices towards mitigating risks and protecting population health. Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater programs are now widely implemented to monitor viral infection trends in sewersheds and inform public health decision-making. This review summarizes recent developments in wastewater-based epidemiology for detecting and monitoring communicable infectious diseases, dissemination of antimicrobial resistance, and illicit drug consumption. Wastewater surveillance, a quickly advancing Frontier in environmental science, is becoming a new tool to enhance public health, improve disease prevention, and respond to future epidemics and pandemics.
AB - Domestic wastewater, when collected and evaluated appropriately, can provide valuable health-related information for a community. As a relatively unbiased and non-invasive approach, wastewater surveillance may complement current practices towards mitigating risks and protecting population health. Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater programs are now widely implemented to monitor viral infection trends in sewersheds and inform public health decision-making. This review summarizes recent developments in wastewater-based epidemiology for detecting and monitoring communicable infectious diseases, dissemination of antimicrobial resistance, and illicit drug consumption. Wastewater surveillance, a quickly advancing Frontier in environmental science, is becoming a new tool to enhance public health, improve disease prevention, and respond to future epidemics and pandemics.
KW - antimicrobial resistance
KW - illicit drugs
KW - infectious diseases
KW - public health
KW - viruses
KW - wastewater-based epidemiology
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U2 - 10.3389/fceng.2022.1112876
DO - 10.3389/fceng.2022.1112876
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:85153590856
SN - 2673-2718
VL - 4
JO - Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
JF - Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
M1 - 1112876
ER -