Contributors About the editors Preface Acknowledgments 1. Wastewater-based epidemiology: Evidence mapping toward identifying emerging areas of research Mina Aghaei, Masud Yunesian, Hosna Janjani and Mohammad Hadi Dehghani 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Material and methods 1.3 Results and discussion 1.4 Challenges and limitations 1.5 Conclusion Conflict of interest Acknowledgment References 2. Moving beyond wastewater analysis toward epidemiology Cobus Gerber, Emma L.
Jaunay, Bradley S. Simpson and Jason M. White 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Drug consumption, metabolism, and excretion 2.3 Wastewater sampling and analysis 2.4 Beyond analysis toward epidemiology 2.5 Conclusions References 3.
Sampling techniques in wastewater-based epidemiology approach Lilian Feltraco Lizot, Marcos Frank Bastiani, Camila Favretto de Souza, Roberta Zilles Hahn and Rafael Linden 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Active sampling 3.3 Passive sampling 3.4 Conclusion References 4. Assessment of in-sample and in-sewer stability of biomarkers in wastewater-based epidemiology: an important step Jianfa Gao, Jake W. O''Brien, Jiaying Li, Phil Choi, Yijing Li and Phong K. Thai 4.
1 Introduction 4.2 Methodology used to evaluate biomarker stability 4.3 In-sewer stabilities of biomarkers 4.4 In-sample stability of biomarkers and the selection of preservative methods 4.5 Factors affecting the degradation of biomarkers 4.6 Implications for wastewater-based epidemiology 4.7 Conclusions Acknowledgement References 5. Population biomarkers for wastewater-based epidemiology Jake W.
O''Brien, Phong K. Thai and Benjamin J. Tscharke 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Flowdthe first proposed wastewater population biomarker 5.3 What makes a good wastewater-based epidemiology population marker? 5.4 Summary and perspective: continuing the quest for identifying population biomarkers Acknowledgements References 6. Wastewater-based epidemiology through pharmaceuticals as biochemical markers and associated challenges Charu Juneja, Purusottam Tripathy, Om Prakash, Deepak Panchal, Abhishek Sharma, Ritesh Vijay and Sukdeb Pal 6.
1 Introduction 6.2 Water fingerprinting through WBE: a new approach to evaluating public health 6.3 Biomarkers of pharmaceuticals and personal care products 6.4 Population biomarker: a paradigm for PPCPs prevalence 6.5 Limitations 6.6 Conclusion Acknowledgments References 7. The complexities associated with the detection of new psychoactive substances in wastewater Richard Bade, Dhayaalini Nadarajan and Cobus Gerber 7.1 Introduction 7.
2 Analytical methods 7.3 Considerations for future methods 7.4 Conclusion References 8. Wastewater-based epidemiology for assessing and monitoring human exposure to pesticides Evsen Yavuz Guzel, Asli Atasoy Aydin and Nebile Daglioglu 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Pesticides groups 8.3 Analytical method 8.4 Stability of parent pesticides and their metabolites in wastewater 8.
5 Human risk assessment 8.6 Limitations and future research needs 8.7 Conclusion References 9. Expansion and diversification of wastewater-based epidemiology strategies in pandemic conditions to serve immediate public health goals Erin M. Driver, Devin A. Bowes and Rolf U. Halden 9.1 Introduction 9.
2 Materials and methods 9.3 Results and discussion 9.4 Conclusion References 10. Viral surveillance of wastewater as a promising tool to assess the spread of pathogens in the population: the experience of SARS-CoV-2 Giulia Salmoiraghi, Silvia Schiarea, Laura Pellegrinelli, Valeria Primache, Sandro Binda, Elena Pariani, Giovanni Nattino, Guido Bertolini, Francesca Pizza, Ettore Zuccato and Sara Castiglioni 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Aim of the study 10.3 Material and methods 10.4 Results and discussion 10.
5 Conclusion Acknowledgments References Index.