Candida auris Discovery through Community Wastewater Surveillance during Healthcare Outbreak, Nevada, USA, 2022

Article Environmental Sciences

Use of wastewater surveillance for early detection of Alpha and Epsilon SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and estimation of overall COVID-19 infection burden

Van Vo et al.

Summary: A decline in diagnostic testing for COVID-19 is expected to delay the tracking of variants of concern in the United States. Wastewater surveillance programs can serve as an effective alternative for detecting emerging variants and assessing the incidence of COVID-19, especially when clinical surveillance is limited. Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater from Southern Nevada revealed consistent trends with confirmed COVID-19 cases, but also highlighted limitations in clinical data. Wastewater surveillance detected variants earlier than clinical sequencing, demonstrating the potential of this method in expedited variant detection.

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2022)

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Article Microbiology

Environmental Isolation of Candida auris from the Coastal Wetlands of Andaman Islands, India

Parth Arora et al.

Summary: Studies have shown that Candida auris may be present in the marine ecosystem, and was isolated from salt marshes and sandy beaches near the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. This suggests that prior to being recognized as a human pathogen, C. auris may have existed in the environment.

MBIO (2021)

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