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Monitoring Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) through wastewater: A promising public-health tool
Wastewater surveillance is emerging as a powerful early‑warning tool for RSV, often detecting rising transmission before clinical data catches up. By capturing…
Integrating pertussis detection into wastewater workflows
Wastewater surveillance can detect Bordetella pertussis early, capturing both symptomatic and asymptomatic shedding and providing a valuable complement to delayed or incomplete…
Why do Influenza A and B in wastewater matter?
Consistent detection shows wastewater-based epidemiology is a powerful tool for community-level influenza tracking. By turning routine sewage monitoring into actionable health data,…
Enterovirus-68: Why is it a public health risk? How can wastewater-based epidemiology identify outbreaks?
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is a respiratory virus that has gained increasing attention from public health experts due to its potential to cause…
ESR1 testing with digital PCR: A powerful tool for precision oncology
Estrogen receptor–positive (ER+) breast cancer accounts for the majority of breast cancer diagnoses worldwide. While endocrine therapies such as aromatase inhibitors and…
Hepatitis A (HAV) in wastewater: A vaccine preventable disease
Hepatitis A, caused by the Hepatitis A virus (HAV), remains a public-health concern worldwide despite being vaccine-preventable and typically an acute infection…