Wastewater-based surveillance of hepatitis A virus across municipalities and neighbourhoods in Alberta, Canada
HAV was detectable in wastewater of both municipalities and neighbourhoods within a low prevalence setting. Wastewater HAV was associated with population metrics and socioeconomic factors, including immigration. WBS data correlated strongly with clinical disease revealing a minimal burden of undiagnosed infections. This demonstrates the feasibility of HAV WBS and its potential as a public health tool in non-endemic settings.
Authors
- Jason Cabaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1474-9130)
- Janine McCalder
- Shahrzad Gholizadeh Sarabi
- Stefania Bertazzon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1292-5348)
- Kevin Xiang
- Casey R. J. Hubert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8691-8116)
- Gail Visser
- Jangwoo Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-5563)
- Rhonda G. Clark
- Maria Bautista Chavarriaga
- Jamie Borlang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7553-4795)
- Tulika Bhardwaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6382-2413)
- Aito Ueno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9967-7200)
- Nicole Acosta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6348-3124)
- Barbara J. Waddell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1913-2671)
- Chloe Papparis
- Christine L O'Grady
- Carla S. Coffin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1472-0901)
- Emma Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7033-6632)
- Michael D Parkins
- Aidan Bender
- R. Benson Weyant
- Xiaoli Pang
- Kevin Fonseca
- Bonita Lee
- Mark Swain
- John M. Conly
Institutions
- Alberta Health Services (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- South Health Campus (CA)
- Provincial Laboratory of Public Health (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Science of The Total Environment
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181421
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00