Prospective study of Candida auris nucleic acids in wastewater solids in 190 wastewater treatment plants in the United States suggests widespread occurrence.
Alessandro ZulliElana M G ChanBridgette SheldenDorothea DuongXiang-Ru S XuBradley J WhiteMarlene K WolfeAlexandria B BoehmPublished in: mBio (2024)
and other pathogens continue to emerge, the low-cost and rapid nature of wastewater surveillance will provide public health officials with the information necessary to enact targeted prevention and control strategies.
Keyphrases
- wastewater treatment
- low cost
- public health
- antibiotic resistance genes
- risk assessment
- candida albicans
- global health
- cancer therapy
- biofilm formation
- antimicrobial resistance
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- escherichia coli
- healthcare
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- staphylococcus aureus
- microbial community
- quantum dots