Usefulness of aircraft and airport wastewater for monitoring multiple pathogens including SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Martin TayBenjamin LeeMuhammad Hafiz IsmailJerald YamDzulkhairul MalikiKarina Yew-Hoong GinSae-Rom ChaeZheng Jie Marc HoTeoh Yee LeongLee Ching NgJudith Chui Ching Wong

Published in: Journal of travel medicine (2024)

Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of aircraft wastewater testing for monitoring infectious diseases threats, potentially detecting signals before clinical cases are reported. The triangulation of similar datapoints from aircraft wastewater of international travel nodes could therefore serve as a useful early warning system for global health threats.

Keyphrases

infectious diseases
global health
sars cov
wastewater treatment
anaerobic digestion
public health
copy number
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
gram negative
dna methylation
genome wide