ArticleThe Science of the total environment2022
Long-term passive wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for seven university dormitories in comparison to municipal surveillance.
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- Long-Term Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV‑2 in Campus Wastewater Depicts Lineage Trends and Public Health Implications during and after Omicron Waves.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Hospital wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 identifies intra-hospital dynamics of viral transmission and evolution.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance at two university campuses: lessons learned and insights on intervention strategies for public health guidance.Journal of water and health · 2024Article
- Food and Environmental Virology: Use of Passive Sampling to Characterize the Presence of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viruses in Wastewater.Food and environmental virology · 2024Article
- Wastewater-based epidemiology applied at the building-level reveals distinct virome profiles based on the age of the contributing individuals.Human genomics · 2024Article
- Diurnal changes in pathogenic and indicator virus concentrations in wastewater.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology in an enclosed compound: A 2.5-year survey to identify factors contributing to local community dissemination.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Actionable wastewater surveillance: application to a university residence hall during the transition between Delta and Omicron resurgences of COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Evaluating various composite sampling modes for detecting pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 virus in raw sewage.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Decay of enveloped SARS-CoV-2 and non-enveloped PMMoV RNA in raw sewage from university dormitories.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has been an effective tool for monitoring and understanding potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission across small and large-scale communities. In this study at the University of Saskatchewan, the assessment of SARS-CoV-2 was done over eight months during the 2021-2022 academic year. Wastewater samples were collected using passive samplers that were deployed in domestic sewer lines near adjacent campus residences and extracted for viral RNA, followed by Reverse Transcription quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR). The results showed similar trends for SARS-CoV-2 detection frequencies and viral loads across university residences, the whole campus, and from related WBS at Saskatoon Wastewater Treatment Plant. The maximum daily detection frequency for seven dormitories considered was about 75 %, while maximum daily case numbers for the residences and campus-wide were about 11 and 75 people, respectively. In addition, self-reported rates of infection on campus peaked during similar time frames as increases in viral load were detected at the Saskatoon wastewater treatment plant. These similarities indicate the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in small-scale communities using WBS.
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