Emerging Viruses: Epidemiology and Surveillance Challenge
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 538
Special Issue Editor
2. BioEnvironmental Science Program, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
Interests: wastewater based epidemiology; climate change; infectious diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is a hot topic, and it can be used by public health officials as an early warning tool. This promising tool can also be expanded for other emerging viruses and pathogens.
Detecting these viruses in wastewater is an ongoing challenge. Multiple concentration and molecular methods have been deployed for the detection of respiratory and enteric viruses, including RT-qPCR, RT-ddPCR, and next-generation sequencing.
To address these needs for monitoring emerging viruses and other pathogens, we would like to invite research articles or review papers focused on various aspects of this field, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Rapid detection and identification methods for emerging respiratory and enteric viruses;
- Next-generation-sequencing-based methods;
- Tracking emerging viruses in wastewater in LMICs.
Dr. Samendra Sherchan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- wastewater surveillance
- emerging viruses
- epidemiology
- clinical surveillance
