A case study of a community-organized wastewater surveillance in a small community: correlating weekly reported COVID-19 cases with SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations during fall 2020 to summer 2021 in Yarmouth, ME

Autor: Yolanda M. Brooks, Bailey Gryskwicz, Eilidh Sidaway, Brianna Shelley, Laura Coroi, Margaret Downing, Tom Downing, Sharon McDonnell, Dan Ostrye, Katrina Hoop, Gib Parrish

Publikováno v: Journal of Water and Health, Vol 21, Iss 3, Pp 329-342 (2023)

Wastewater surveillance offers a rapid evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a community. We describe how a community group, the Yarmouth Wastewater Testing Team (YWTT), in Yarmouth, Maine, (population 8,990) utilized an asset-based community desi

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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater at Residential College, Maine, USA, August–November 2020

Autor: Yolanda M. Brooks, Bailey Gryskwicz, Shawn Sheehan, Sheri Piers, Parag Mahale, Susan McNeil, Jenna Chase, Doreen Webber, David Borys, Michael Hilton, Dion Robinson, Stephen Sears, Emer Smith, Emily K. Lesher, Robert Wilson, Matthew Goodwin, Michael Pardales

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 12, Pp 3111-3114 (2021)

We used wastewater surveillance to identify 2 coronavirus disease outbreaks at a college in Maine, USA. Cumulative increases of >1 log10 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in consecutive 24-hour composite samples preceded the outbrea

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Comparing Log-Linear and Best-Fit Models to Evaluate the Long-Term Persistence of Enteric Markers in Sewage Spiked River Water

Autor: Yolanda M. Brooks, Joan B. Rose

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Water, Vol 3 (2021)

Water quality models use log-linear decay to estimate the inactivation of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB). The decay of molecular measurements of FIB does not follow a log-linear pattern. This study examined the factors associated with the persistence

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Paleo-environmental evidence of ecosystem change in Lake St. Clair region of Laurentian Great Lakes basin: contrasting responses to land-use change and invasive mussels

Autor: Joan B. Rose, Peter R. Leavitt, Bo Liu, Mark Baskaran, Nathaniel E. Ostrom, Melissa M. Baustian, R. Jan Stevenson, Yolanda M. Brooks

Publikováno v: Baustian, M M, Brooks, Y M, Baskaran, M, Leavitt, P R, Liu, B, Ostrom, N, Stevenson, R J & Rose, J B 2020, ' Paleo-environmental evidence of ecosystem change in Lake St. Clair region of Laurentian Great Lakes basin: contrasting responses to land-use change and invasive mussels ', Journal of Paleolimnology . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-019-00108-x

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-019-00108-x

Associations between SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater and sludge and measures of COVID-19 cases in three communities

Autor: Emily Riseberg, Elyssa Anneser, Yolanda M. Brooks, Christina Stringer

Publikováno v: ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2021

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https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2021.o-to-180