ReviewThe Science of the total environment2020
Viruses in wastewater: occurrence, abundance and detection methods.
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119 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 316 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches to SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance.Viruses · 2026Pooled it
- Occurrence of viruses in sewage sludge: A systematic review.The Science of the total environment · 2022Pooled it
- An integrated framework for early detection and transmissibility assessment of emerging variants in wastewater.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2026Article
- Evaluating Viral Pollution in Wastewater and Mediterranean Ecosystems.Food and environmental virology · 2026Article
- Viral Contaminants in a Philippine Wastewater Treatment Plant: Quantification and Treatment Reduction.Food and environmental virology · 2026Article
- Tools and approaches to study the human gut virome: from the bench to bioinformatics.mSystems · 2026Review
- A New In-Line GAC-Based Device for Concentrating Viruses in Treated Wastewater: Implications for Full-Scale UV C LED Treatment.ACS ES&T water · 2026Article
- Functionalized biochar-metal oxide nanocomposites for the catalytic degradation of recalcitrant pollutants in wastewater treatment.RSC advances · 2026Review
- Computational design of a novel multi-epitope vaccine candidate against group A rotavirus.Virology journal · 2026Article
- Integrated monitoring of enveloped viruses in hospital environments: Detection, persistence, and implications for infection control.PloS one · 2026Article
- Evaluation of dead-end hollowfiber ultrafilter options for enumerating somatic and F+ coliphage in ambient waters and wastewater.Journal of virological methods · 2026Article
- Incidence and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in the municipal wastewaters of the Buffalo City region, Eastern Cape, South Africa.Global epidemiology · 2025Article
- Zero-shot generalization for predicting viral concentrations and evaluating removal efficiencies across wastewater matrices.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Molecular Surveillance and Genotypic Distribution of Rotavirus A, Norovirus GI and GII in Bangkok Wastewater Treatment Plants During COVID-19 Phase in 2023, Thailand.Food and environmental virology · 2025Article
- Micropollutants and Their Interactions With Relevant Environmental Viruses.Environmental microbiology · 2025Review
- Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 Dissemination in Wastewater and Virus Isolation in Cell Cultures: An Integrated Approach for Pathogen Detection and Surveillance.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Article
- Influence of Ionic Surfactants on Microfiltration of Enveloped and Nonenveloped Viruses.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2025Article
- Pepper mild mottle virus as a potential indicator of occupational exposure to airborne viruses in wastewater treatment plants.Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- Retrospective case study of the impacts of multiple One Health oriented biocontainment research facilities during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
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Abstract
This paper presents an updated and comprehensive review on the different methods used for detection and quantification of viruses in wastewater treatment systems. The analysis of viability of viruses in wastewater and sludge is another thrust of this review. Recent studies have mostly focused on determining the abundance and diversity of viruses in wastewater influents, in samples from primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment stages, and in final effluents. A few studies have also examined the occurrence and diversity of viruses in raw and digested sludge samples. Recent efforts to improve efficiency of virus detection and quantification methods in the complex wastewater and sludge matrices are highlighted in this review. A summary and a detailed comparison of the pre-treatment methods that have been utilized for wastewater and sludge samples are also presented. The role of metagenomics or sequencing analysis in monitoring wastewater systems to predict disease outbreaks, to conduct public health surveillance, to assess the efficiency of existing treatment systems in virus removal, and to re-evaluate current regulations regarding pathogenic viruses in wastewater is discussed in this paper. Challenges and future perspectives in the detection of viruses, including emerging and newly emerged viruses such as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), in wastewater systems are discussed in this review.
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