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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2026

Integrating AMR surveillance into wastewater monitoring systems in 2025: a position on the implementation of Article 17 of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD).

Louise Hock, Roosmarijn Luiken, Elisabete Valério, Marta Vargha, Julia Vierheilig, Stefan Börjesson, Tarja Pitkänen, Heike Schmitt

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Louise HockLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental and Industrial Biotechnologies Unit, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Roosmarijn LuikenThese authors contributed equally to this work and share first/last authorship.
Elisabete ValérioDepartment of Environmental Health, National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal.
Marta VarghaDepartment of Public Health Laboratories and Methodology, National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy, Budapest, Hungary.
Julia VierheiligTU Wien, Institute of Water Quality and Resource Management E226/1, Vienna, Austria.
Stefan BörjessonNorwegian Veterinary Institute, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Food Safety, Ås, Norway.
Tarja PitkänenThese authors contributed equally to this work and share first/last authorship.
Heike SchmittDelft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.

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Abstract

The recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) calls for monitoring antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in wastewater of large European agglomerations (≥ 100,000 person equivalents). Guidance on scope and methods is currently in development. Two European Joint Actions share a goal to harmonise procedures and indicators: the European Union (EU)-Wastewater Integrated Surveillance for Public Health (EU-WISH), aiming to strengthen wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) for public health and the EU-Joint Action Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI) 2, providing among others, approaches for environmental surveillance of AMR. An EU-WISH survey in 2024, mapping WBS AMR-related activities across Europe, revealed that of 27 countries surveyed, 11 had an operative AMR WBS system and mainly employed WBS to determine AMR trends, primarily through culture-based analyses, in-depth characterisation of specific bacteria, and quantitative PCR for specific resistance genes. Occasionally metagenomics was used. We argue that prioritising AMR WBS targets should consider the intended objectives of surveillance, which could include uncovering AMR trends and emerging AMR determinants in humans, the assessment of antimicrobial/AMR environmental release, and wastewater treatment efficiency. Targets should be assessed for their public health relevance and the usefulness of complementary information they provide, while integrating measurability, resource efficiency, and expertise from different One Health domains.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaDrug Resistance, BacterialEnvironmental MonitoringWastewaterWater PurificationEuropeEuropean UnionHumansPublic HealthAnti-Bacterial AgentsWastewaterAntimicrobial resistance (AMR)One Healthwastewaterwastewater-based epidemiologywastewater surveillance

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PMCPMC12848984

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