Evaluation of sampling methods for genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants in aircraft wastewater: advancing global early-warning systems for future pandemics
Taken together, our results suggest underestimation of the diversity and abundance of SARS-CoV-2 VOCs and mutations in aircraft sewage using passive torpedo samplers. These data can be used to optimize genomic surveillance approaches for SARS-CoV-2 VOCs in aircraft wastewater samples.
Authors
- Alyssa K. Overton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7134-3551)
- Valeria R. Parreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-1955)
- Lawrence Goodridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9965-3509)
- Brittany Maxwell
- Jennifer J. Knapp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3347-4686)
- Chrystal Landgraff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3253-2496)
- Opeyemi U. Lawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2352-2832)
- Marcos Zambrano
- Trevor C. Charles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-5932)
- Manon Fleury
- Natalie Knox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6133-7799)
- Melinda Precious
- S. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3012-4226)
- Rebecca Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7515-8649)
- Fozia Rizvi
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Public Health Agency of Canada (CA)
- Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (CA)
- University of Windsor (CA)
- University of Guelph (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1717424
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Public Health Agency
- Ministry of Environment
- Health Canada