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ReviewEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.)2026

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases: A New Trick for an Old Threat.

Aurora Hirvonen, Laura Pellegrinelli, Sandro Binda, Elena Pariani

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Review in Environment & health (Washington, D.C.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aurora HirvonenDepartment of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4531-1857
Laura PellegrinelliDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Sandro BindaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Elena ParianiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20122 Milano, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an innovative approach to epidemiology that offers unique opportunities for public health surveillance. Its potential had been recognized in various applications over the years, but it was the global scale of the response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic that truly brought WBE to the fore. In this perspective paper we explore the untapped potential of WBE as a catalyst for infectious disease surveillance and as a One Health epidemiological tool, and the future horizons and innovative applications of WBE. It is clear that WBE will address a growing number of pathogens of concern to human health, such as avian influenza viruses, mpox, enterovirus D68,

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epidemiological modelinginfectious diseasepublic healthwastewater-based epidemiologywastewater surveillance

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