Wastewater surveillance for bacterial targets: current challenges and future goals.
Sarah E PhiloKara B De LeόnRachel T NobleNicolette Angela ZhouRashed AlghafriItay Bar-OrAmanda DarlingNishita D'SouzaOumaima HachimiDevrim KayaSooyeol KimKatrin Gaardbo KuhnBlythe A LaytonCresten MansfeldtBethany OcegueraTyler S RadnieckiJeffrey L RamLauren P SaundersAbhilasha ShresthaLauren B StadlerJoshua A SteeleBradley S StevensonKyle J BibbyAlexandria B BoehmRolf U HaldenJeseth Delgado VelaPublished in: Applied and environmental microbiology (2023)
Wastewater surveillance was a useful tool to elucidate the burden and spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic. Public health officials and researchers are interested in expanding these surveillance programs to include bacterial targets, but many questions remain. The NSF-funded Research Coordination Network for Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats held a workshop to identify barriers and research gaps to implementing bacterial wastewater surveillance programs.