Wastewater-based epidemiology for surveillance of infectious diseases in healthcare settings

F Hassard, Y Bajón-Fernández… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
WBS using NSS can inform infectious disease monitoring earlier, faster and cheaper than
conventional monitoring. Routine sampling using wastewater provides a platform for risk …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater monitoring for detection of public health markers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Near-source monitoring of schools in England over an …

F Hassard, M Vu, S Rahimzadeh, V Castro-Gutierrez… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Schools are high-risk settings for infectious disease transmission. Wastewater
monitoring for infectious diseases has been used to identify and mitigate outbreaks in many …

The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Canada: a time-series study, 2020–2023

TJ Murphy, H Swail, J Jain, M Anderson, P Awadalla… - CMAJ, 2023 - Can Med Assoc
Background: During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of reported
cases of COVID-19 among Canadians was under 6%. Although high vaccine coverage was …

[HTML][HTML] Can wastewater monitoring protect public health in schools?

F Hassard, S Singh, F Coulon, Z Yang - The Lancet Regional Health …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Schools are high-risk environments for infectious disease transmission, eg, influenza,
invasive group A streptococci infection, and rotavirus gastroenteritis affecting school-age …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in shelters: A creative strategy for a complex setting

C Ranasinghe, S Baral, R Stuart, C Oswald… - Canada …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
People experiencing homelessness experience disproportionate rates of morbidity and
mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) compared to the general population …

The neurotechnology patent landscape in a time of neuroethics: 2016-2020

A Rotenberg - 2023 - open.library.ubc.ca
Over the past decades, invasive and non-invasive neuromodulation approaches have
emerged to manage neurologic and psychiatric conditions, along with powerful functional …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond wastewater surveillance: refining environmental pathogen detection in the built environment

S Abeygunawardena, R Kassen, M Fralick - CMAJ, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
We enjoyed reading the article by Berry and colleagues, 1 and agree that expanded
surveillance systems are needed for effective and equitable public health policy moving …

An expanded role for blood donor emerging pathogens surveillance

SF O'Brien, M Goldman, SJ Drews - CMAJ, 2023 - Can Med Assoc
We agree with Berry and colleagues that reassessment of how we monitor emerg ing
pathogens is needed. 1 We note that the authors did not spe cific ally mention blood donor …

[PDF][PDF] Sustainability and Resilience in the Canadian Health System

S Allin, S Campbell, M Jamieson, F Miller, M Roerig… - 2022 - phssr.ca
The Canadian health system has received international recognition for its universal health
coverage and financial protection for its residents. However, the health system in Canada …

Genomic Surveillance of a Canadian Airport Wastewater Samples Allows Early Detection of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Lineages

AK Overton, JJ Knapp, OU Lawal, R Gibson… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown that wastewater (WW) surveillance is an effective
means of tracking the emergence of viral lineages in communities, arriving by many routes …