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ArticleMicroorganisms2026

International Airport Wastewater as a Sentinel Site for Genomic Surveillance of Human Viruses and Bacteriophages.

Ana Paula Assad de Carvalho, Mariana Silva Almada, Cíntia Dutra Leal, Josiane Fernandes, Maria Cristina Costa, Vagner de Souza Fonseca, Marta Giovanetti, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Juliana Calábria de Araújo

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Article in Microorganisms, 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ana Paula Assad de CarvalhoDepartment of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0003-2713-2118
Mariana Silva AlmadaCentro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG), Belo Horizonte 30421-169, MG, Brazil.
Cíntia Dutra LealDepartment of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil.
Josiane FernandesDepartment of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil.
Maria Cristina CostaCentro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG), Belo Horizonte 30421-169, MG, Brazil.
Vagner de Souza FonsecaDepartment of Exact and Earth Sciences, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Salvador 41150-000, BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5521-6448
Marta GiovanettiDepartment of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5849-7326
Luiz Carlos Junior AlcantaraRené Rachou Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ MINAS), Belo Horizonte 30190-001, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6769-9931
Juliana Calábria de AraújoDepartment of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5497-8675

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 306899/2022-1Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 424004/2021-6Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior 0000000-XFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais 01779-23
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airports are strategic targets for wastewater-based epidemiology because they concentrate highly mobile populations and may provide early signals of pathogen circulation. However, metagenomic investigations of airport wastewater remain limited, particularly in South America. Here, we present one of the first hybrid-capture target-enriched metagenomic investigations of airport wastewater in Brazil, integrating the detection of human-associated viruses and bacteriophage-derived host signatures to evaluate airports as sentinel surveillance sites. Seven untreated wastewater samples collected from a major Brazilian airport between December 2021 and March 2023 were concentrated, subjected to nucleic acid extraction, and analyzed using hybrid-capture target-enriched next-generation sequencing. Taxonomic analysis identified 615 viral and bacteriophage-associated taxa, including 440 viruses and 175 bacteriophages. Among the viral fraction, 21 human-associated viral taxa representing eight viral families were selected for detailed analysis.

Indexed as

airport wastewaterbacteriophagesenvironmental surveillancegenomic surveillancehybrid-capture sequencingmultipathogen monitoringtravel-associated surveillanceviral pathogensviromewastewater surveillance

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PMID42513908
PMCPMC13413507

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