EU-WISH meeting Lisbon
Was great to attend and present a talk on our WBE work at the EU-WISH consortia meeting.
EU-Wastewater Integrated Surveillance for Public Health
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New WBE multimarker paper released in Water Research
Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Jagadeesan, K., Sims, N., Farkas, K., Proctor, K., Bagnall, J., Robertson, M., Jones, D. L., & Wade, M. J. (2025). Multi-biomarker approach for estimating population size in a national-scale wastewater-based epidemiology study. Water Research, 268(Part A), 122527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122527…
Viral survival in seawater
New research uncovers how long viruses can survive in seawater after sewage discharges
A new BlueAdapt study published by Bangor University and the University of Exeter highlights the potential health risks of viruses surviving in coastal waters.
With climate change …
MRC workshop (One Health)
We showcased the wastewater data at the Medical Research Council meeting in Swansea. More details to follow.…
UWA visit
We were happy to welcome Prof Yinlong Chen from the University of Western Australia to visit the labs and research facilities today. Always great to spend time talking about research and collaboration opportunities.…
Three new papers published…..
Chigor, V. N., Digwo, D. C., Adediji, A., Chidebelu, P. E., Chigor, C. B., Ugwu, K. O., Ibangha, I. I., Street, R., & Farkas, K. (2024). Epidemiology of norovirus infection in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of virology, …
New paper on normalisation is published……
Cameron Pellett, Kata Farkas, Rachel C. Williams, Matthew J. Wade, Andrew J. Weightman, Eleanor Jameson, Gareth Cross, Davey L. Jones (2024) Multi-factor normalisation of viral counts from wastewater improves the detection accuracy of viral disease in the community. Environmental Technology …
New perspectives paper published on plastics and pathogens
Oliver, D.M., Metcalf, R., Jones, D.L., Matallana-Surget, S., Thomas, D.N., Robins, P., Tulloch, C.L., Cotterell, B.M., Williams, G., ChristieOleza, J.A., Quilliam, R.S., (2024) Plastic pollution and human pathogens: towards a conceptual shift in risk management at bathing water and beach …