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Catching a resurgence: Increase in SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA identified in wastewater 48 h before COVID-19 clinical tests and 96 h before hospitalizations by D'Aoust, Patrick M., Graber, Tyson E., Mercier, Elisabeth, Montpetit, Danika, Alexandrov, Ilya, Neault, Nafisa, Baig, Aiman Tariq, Mayne, Janice, Zhang, Xu, Alain, Tommy, Servos, Mark R., Srikanthan, Nivetha, MacKenzie, Malcolm, Figeys, Daniel, Manuel, Douglas, Jüni, Peter, MacKenzie, Alex E., Delatolla, Robert

“…Curtailing the Spring 2020 COVID-19 surge required sweeping and stringent interventions by governments across the world. Wastewater-based COVID-19 epidemiology…”
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Comparison of approaches to quantify SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater using RT-qPCR: Results and implications from a collaborative inter-laboratory study in Canada by Chik, Alex H.S., Glier, Melissa B., Servos, Mark, Mangat, Chand S., Pang, Xiao-Li, Qiu, Yuanyuan, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Burnet, Jean-Baptiste, Delatolla, Robert, Dorner, Sarah, Geng, Qiudi, Giesy, John P., McKay, Robert Mike, Mulvey, Michael R., Prystajecky, Natalie, Srikanthan, Nivetha, Xie, Yuwei, Conant, Bernadette, Hrudey, Steve E.

“…Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater is a promising tool for informing public health decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, approaches for its…”
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Wastewater lagoon solids, phosphorus, and algae removal using discfiltration by LeBlond, Guillaume, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Kinsley, Chris, Delatolla, Robert

“…Abstract The microsieving discfilter technology was investigated at the pilot scale. The pilot was configured to treat the effluent from a municipal wastewater…”
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Corrigendum: Wastewater-based surveillance identifies start to the pediatric respiratory syncytial virus season in two cities in Ontario, Canada by Mercier, Elisabeth, Pisharody, Lakshmi, Guy, Fiona, Wan, Shen, Hegazy, Nada, D'Aoust, Patrick M, Kabir, Md Pervez, Nguyen, Tram Bich, Eid, Walaa, Harvey, Bart, Rodenburg, Erin, Rutherford, Candy, Mackenzie, Alex E, Willmore, Jacqueline, Hui, Charles, Paes, Bosco, Delatolla, Robert, Thampi, Nisha

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1261165.]…”
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Quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from wastewater solids in communities with low COVID-19 incidence and prevalence by D'Aoust, Patrick M., Mercier, Elisabeth, Montpetit, Danika, Jia, Jian-Jun, Alexandrov, Ilya, Neault, Nafisa, Baig, Aiman Tariq, Mayne, Janice, Zhang, Xu, Alain, Tommy, Langlois, Marc-André, Servos, Mark R., MacKenzie, Malcolm, Figeys, Daniel, MacKenzie, Alex E., Graber, Tyson E., Delatolla, Robert

“…•RT-ddPCR is more sensitive to inhibitors than RT-qPCR for primary clarified sludge.•Primary clarified sludge has elevated frequency of SARS-CoV-2 RNA…”
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Municipal and neighbourhood level wastewater surveillance and subtyping of an influenza virus outbreak by Mercier, Elisabeth, D’Aoust, Patrick M., Thakali, Ocean, Hegazy, Nada, Jia, Jian-Jun, Zhang, Zhihao, Eid, Walaa, Plaza-Diaz, Julio, Kabir, Md Pervez, Fang, Wanting, Cowan, Aaron, Stephenson, Sean E., Pisharody, Lakshmi, MacKenzie, Alex E., Graber, Tyson E., Wan, Shen, Delatolla, Robert

“…Recurrent influenza epidemics and pandemic potential are significant risks to global health. Public health authorities use clinical surveillance to locate and…”
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COVID-19 wastewater surveillance in rural communities: Comparison of lagoon and pumping station samples by D'Aoust, Patrick M., Towhid, Syeda Tasneem, Mercier, Élisabeth, Hegazy, Nada, Tian, Xin, Bhatnagar, Kamya, Zhang, Zhihao, Naughton, Colleen C., MacKenzie, Alex E., Graber, Tyson E., Delatolla, Robert

“…Wastewater-based epidemiology/wastewater surveillance has been a topic of significant interest over the last year due to its application in SARS-CoV-2…”
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Near real-time determination of B.1.1.7 in proportion to total SARS-CoV-2 viral load in wastewater using an allele-specific primer extension PCR strategy by Graber, Tyson E., Mercier, Élisabeth, Bhatnagar, Kamya, Fuzzen, Meghan, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Hoang, Huy-Dung, Tian, Xin, Towhid, Syeda Tasneem, Plaza-Diaz, Julio, Eid, Walaa, Alain, Tommy, Butler, Ainslie, Goodridge, Lawrence, Servos, Mark, Delatolla, Robert

“…•Incidence proportion of Variants of Concern can be estimated via wastewater.•Allele and lineage specificity is possible with single locus primer extension…”
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Understanding the dynamic relation between wastewater SARS-CoV-2 signal and clinical metrics throughout the pandemic by Hegazy, Nada, Cowan, Aaron, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Mercier, Élisabeth, Towhid, Syeda Tasneem, Jia, Jian-Jun, Wan, Shen, Zhang, Zhihao, Kabir, Md Pervez, Fang, Wanting, Graber, Tyson E., MacKenzie, Alex E., Guilherme, Stéphanie, Delatolla, Robert

“…Wastewater surveillance (WWS) of SARS-CoV-2 was proven to be a reliable and complementary tool for population-wide monitoring of COVID-19 disease incidence but…”
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Urban wastewater contains a functional human antibody repertoire of mucosal origin by Stephenson, Sean, Eid, Walaa, Wong, Chandler Hayyin, Mercier, Elisabeth, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Kabir, Md Pervez, Baral, Stefan, Gilbride, Kimberly A., Oswald, Claire, Straus, Sharon E., Mackenzie, Alex, Delatolla, Robert, Graber, Tyson E.

“…•Proteins including human immunoglobulins were found to be partitioned into wastewater solids.•Human immunoglobulin classes A, G, and M were quantified in…”
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Effective method to mitigate impact of rain or snowmelt sewer flushing events on wastewater-based surveillance measurements by Mercier, Elisabeth, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Renouf, Elizabeth, Tomalty, Emma, Addo, Felix G., Nguyen, Tram Bich, Wong, Chandler H., Ramsay, Nathan T., Tian, Xin, Hegazy, Nada, Kabir, Md Pervez, Jia, Jian-Jun, Wan, Shen, Pisharody, Lakshmi, Szulc, Pawel, MacKenzie, Alex E., Delatolla, Robert

“…Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) is increasingly used for monitoring disease targets in wastewaters around the world. This study, performed in Ottawa,…”
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Wastewater to clinical case (WC) ratio of COVID-19 identifies insufficient clinical testing, onset of new variants of concern and population immunity in urban communities by D'Aoust, Patrick M., Tian, Xin, Towhid, Syeda Tasneem, Xiao, Amy, Mercier, Elisabeth, Hegazy, Nada, Jia, Jian-Jun, Wan, Shen, Kabir, Md Pervez, Fang, Wanting, Fuzzen, Meghan, Hasing, Maria, Yang, Minqing Ivy, Sun, Jianxian, Plaza-Diaz, Julio, Zhang, Zhihao, Cowan, Aaron, Eid, Walaa, Stephenson, Sean, Servos, Mark R., Wade, Matthew J., MacKenzie, Alex E., Peng, Hui, Edwards, Elizabeth A., Pang, Xiao-Li, Alm, Eric J., Graber, Tyson E., Delatolla, Robert

“…Clinical testing has been the cornerstone of public health monitoring and infection control efforts in communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. With the…”
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Sewer transport conditions and their role in the decay of endogenous SARS-CoV-2 and pepper mild mottle virus from source to collection by Mercier, Élisabeth, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Eid, Walaa, Hegazy, Nada, Kabir, Pervez, Wan, Shen, Pisharody, Lakshmi, Renouf, Elizabeth, Stephenson, Sean, Graber, Tyson E., MacKenzie, Alex E., Delatolla, Robert

“…This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the decay patterns of endogenous SARS-CoV-2 and Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) within wastewaters spiked with…”
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Impact of coagulation on SARS-CoV-2 and PMMoV viral signal in wastewater solids by Hegazy, Nada, Tian, Xin, D’Aoust, Patrick M., Pisharody, Lakshmi, Towhid, Syeda Tasneem, Mercier, Élisabeth, Zhang, Zhihao, Wan, Shen, Thakali, Ocean, Kabir, Md Pervez, Fang, Wanting, Nguyen, Tram B., Ramsay, Nathan T., MacKenzie, Alex E., Graber, Tyson E., Guilherme, Stéphanie, Delatolla, Robert

“…Wastewater surveillance (WWS) of SARS-CoV-2 has become a crucial tool for monitoring COVID-19 cases and outbreaks. Previous studies have indicated that…”
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Moving forward with COVID-19: Future research prospects of wastewater-based epidemiology methodologies and applications by Jiang, Guangming, Liu, Yanchen, Tang, Song, Kitajima, Masaaki, Haramoto, Eiji, Arora, Sudipti, Choi, Phil M., Jackson, Greg, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Delatolla, Robert, Zhang, Shuxin, Guo, Ying, Wu, Jiangping, Chen, Yan, Sharma, Elipsha, Prosun, Tanjila Alam, Zhao, Jiawei, Kumar, Manish, Honda, Ryo, Ahmed, Warish, Meiman, Jon

“…Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been demonstrated for its great potential in tracking of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission among…”
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Realizing the value in "non-standard" parts of the qPCR standard curve by integrating fundamentals of quantitative microbiology by Schmidt, Philip J, Acosta, Nicole, Chik, Alex H S, D'Aoust, Patrick M, Delatolla, Robert, Dhiyebi, Hadi A, Glier, Melissa B, Hubert, Casey R J, Kopetzky, Jennifer, Mangat, Chand S, Pang, Xiao-Li, Peterson, Shelley W, Prystajecky, Natalie, Qiu, Yuanyuan, Servos, Mark R, Emelko, Monica B

“…The real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), commonly known as quantitative PCR (qPCR), is increasingly common in environmental microbiology applications…”
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Hypoxic conditions in stormwater retention ponds: potential for hydrogen sulfide emission by Chen, Liyu, Delatolla, Robert, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Wang, Ru, Pick, Frances, Poulain, Alexandre, Rennie, Colin D.

“…Improper design and maintenance of stormwater ponds (SWPs) may lead to hypoxic conditions, poor water quality and the production of hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S)…”
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Rapidly developed, optimized, and applied wastewater surveillance system for real-time monitoring of low-incidence, high-impact MPOX outbreak by Wong, Chandler H., Zhang, Zhihao, Eid, Walaa, Plaza-Diaz, Julio, Kabir, Pervez, Wan, Shen, Jia, Jian-Jun, Mercier, Elisabeth, Thakali, Ocean, Pisharody, Lakshmi, Hegazy, Nada, Stephenson, Sean E., Fang, Wanting, Nguyen, Tram B., Ramsay, Nathan T., McKay, R. Michael, Corchis-Scott, Ryland, MacKenzie, Alex E., Graber, Tyson E., D’ Aoust, Patrick M., Delatolla, Robert

“…Abstract Recent MPOX viral resurgences have mobilized public health agencies around the world. Recognizing the significant risk of MPOX outbreaks, large-scale…”
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Numerical investigation on the impact of wind-induced hydraulics on dissolved oxygen characteristics in a shallow stormwater pond by Chen, Liyu, D'Aoust, Patrick M., Rennie, Colin D., Poulain, Alexandre, Pick, Frances, Wang, Ru, Delatolla, Robert

“…Abstract Stormwater ponds (SWPs) are widely utilized for flood and water quality control. Low-flow rates are common in SWPs, sometimes causing wind-driven…”
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The need of an environmental justice approach for wastewater based epidemiology for rural and disadvantaged communities: A review in California by Medina, Clara Y., Kadonsky, Krystin F., Roman, Fernando A., Tariqi, Arianna Q., Sinclair, Ryan G., D’Aoust, Patrick M., Delatolla, Robert, Bischel, Heather N., Naughton, Colleen C.

“…Amid the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19), the scientific community has a responsibility to provide accessible public health resources within their…”
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