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Rapid, low-cost colorimetric detection of Salmonella Typhi bacteriophages for environmental surveillance [PDF]

mBio
Typhoid fever remains a global public health challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries where poor sanitation and limited access to clean water facilitate transmission.
Kesia Esther da Silva, Tuya Yokoyama, Shiva Ram Naga, Mamata Maharjan, Paulo César Pereira dos Santos, Karla N. Fisher, Jean T. Coulibaly, Max Zhang Yang, Eric Jorge Nelson, Richelle C. Charles, Katherine Shafer, Brad-Lot Igiraneza, Samaila Yusuf, Elisabeth Mulder, Kathleen Neuzil, Isaac I. Bogoch, Rajeev Shrestha, Dipesh Tamrakar, Jason R. Andrews   +18 more
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Comprehensive Review of Environmental Surveillance for Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus: A Practical Roadmap for Hospital Clinicians and Infection Control Teams [PDF]

Journal of Fungi
As azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus emerges globally, healthcare facilities face mounting challenges in managing invasive aspergillosis. This review synthesizes worldwide azole resistance data to reveal profound regional variability, demonstrating ...
Masato Tashiro, Yuichiro Nakano, Tomoyuki Shirahige, Satoshi Kakiuchi, Ayumi Fujita, Takeshi Tanaka, Takahiro Takazono, Koichi Izumikawa   +7 more
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Burkholderia pseudomallei in Environment of Adolescent Siblings with Melioidosis, Kerala, India, 2019

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
In 2019, Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from the backyard of 2 siblings with melioidosis in Kerala, India. This finding highlights the value of healthcare providers being aware of risk for melioidosis in febrile patients, of residents taking ...
Praveena Bhaskaran, Vinitha Prasad, Anusha Gopinathan, Tushar Shaw, Suchitra Sivadas, Chandrasekhar Jayakumar, Soumi Chowdhury, Aparna Dravid, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Anil Kumar   +9 more
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Environmental Factors Associated With Soil Prevalence of the Melioidosis Pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei: A Longitudinal Seasonal Study From South West India

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Melioidosis is a seasonal infectious disease in tropical and subtropical areas caused by the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. In many parts of the world, including South West India, most cases of human infections are reported during times of ...
Tushar Shaw, Tushar Shaw, Karoline Assig, Karoline Assig, Chaitanya Tellapragada, Chaitanya Tellapragada, Gabriel E. Wagner, Madhu Choudhary, André Göhler, Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara, Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara, Ivo Steinmetz, Ivo Steinmetz, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay   +14 more
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Sunlight photolysis of SARS-CoV-2 N1 gene target in the water environment: considerations for the environmental surveillance of wastewater-impacted surface waters

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 has been used around the world to supplement clinical testing data for situational awareness of COVID-19 disease trends.
Fiona B. Dunn, Andrea I. Silverman
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Environmental Monitoring for Enteroviruses in Maputo, Mozambique—2018

Pathogens, 2022
Due to the possibility of wild poliovirus importation from endemic regions and the high circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in the African region, Mozambique implemented a surveillance program to monitor the circulation of enteroviruses in ...
Diocreciano Matias Bero, Sheila António Nhassengo, Ivanildo Pedro Sousa, Silas Oliveira de Sousa, Raiana Scerni Machado, Amanda Meireles Nunes Dias, Cristiane de Sousa Ferreira, Fernanda Marcicano Burlandy, Nilsa de Deus, Edson Elias da Silva   +9 more
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Combating Antimicrobial Resistance Through Student-Driven Research and Environmental Surveillance

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Emerging resistance to all classes of antimicrobials is one of the defining crises of the 21st century. Many advances in modern medicine, such as routine surgeries, are predicated on sustaining patients with antimicrobials during a period when their ...
Erica R. Fuhrmeister, Jennifer R. Larson, Adam J. Kleinschmit, James E. Kirby, Amy J. Pickering, Carol A. Bascom-Slack   +5 more
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Detection of Polioviruses in Sewage Using Cell Culture and Molecular Methods [PDF]

Polish Journal of Microbiology, 2016
The work presented here demonstrates the utility of a two-step algorithm for environmental poliovirus surveillance based on: preselection of sewage samples tested for the presence of enteroviral genetic material-RT-PCR assay and detection of infectious ...
Agnieszka Figas, Magdalena Wieczorek, Bogumiła Litwińska, Włodzimierz Gut   +3 more
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Wastewater Surveillance in Europe for Non-Polio Enteroviruses and Beyond

Microorganisms, 2023
Wastewater surveillance (WWS) was developed in the early 1960s for the detection of poliovirus (PV) circulation in the population. It has been used to monitor several pathogens, including non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs), which are increasingly recognised
Laura Bubba, Kimberley S. M. Benschop, Soile Blomqvist, Erwin Duizer, Javier Martin, Alexander G. Shaw, Jean-Luc Bailly, Lasse D. Rasmussen, Anda Baicus, Thea K. Fischer, Heli Harvala   +10 more
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Toward Accurate and Robust Environmental Surveillance Using Metagenomics

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Environmental surveillance is a critical tool for combatting public health threats represented by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the continuous increase of antibiotic resistance in pathogens.
Jiaxian Shen, Alexander G. McFarland, Vincent B. Young, Mary K. Hayden, Erica M. Hartmann   +4 more
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