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Erin M. Symonds
Researcher at University of South Florida
Publications - 34
Citations - 2206
Erin M. Symonds is an academic researcher from University of South Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wastewater & Indicator bacteria. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 31 publications receiving 1254 citations. Previous affiliations of Erin M. Symonds include University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
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Comparison of virus concentration methods for the RT-qPCR-based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from untreated wastewater.
Warish Ahmed,Paul M. Bertsch,Aaron Bivins,Kyle Bibby,Kata Farkas,Amy Gathercole,Eiji Haramoto,Pradip Gyawali,Asja Korajkic,Brian R. McMinn,Jochen F. Mueller,Stuart L. Simpson,Wendy Smith,Erin M. Symonds,Kevin V. Thomas,Rory Verhagen,Masaaki Kitajima +16 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that absorption-extraction methods with minimal pretreatment or without manipulation can provide suitably rapid, cost-effective and relatively straightforward recovery of enveloped viruses in wastewater.
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Decay of SARS-CoV-2 and surrogate murine hepatitis virus RNA in untreated wastewater to inform application in wastewater-based epidemiology.
Warish Ahmed,Paul M. Bertsch,Kyle Bibby,Eiji Haramoto,Joanne Hewitt,Flavia Huygens,Pradip Gyawali,Asja Korajkic,Shane Riddell,Samendra P. Sherchan,Stuart L. Simpson,Kwanrawee Sirikanchana,Erin M. Symonds,Rory Verhagen,Seshadri S. Vasan,Masaaki Kitajima,Aaron Bivins +16 more
TL;DR: Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) demonstrates potential for COVID-19 community monitoring; however, data on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater are needed to interpret WBE results, and MHV is suggested as suitable persistence surrogate.
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Pepper mild mottle virus as an indicator of fecal pollution.
Karyna Rosario,Erin M. Symonds,Christopher D. Sinigalliano,Jill R. Stewart,Jill R. Stewart,Mya Breitbart +5 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the plant pathogen Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) is widespread and abundant in wastewater from the United States, suggesting the utility of this virus as an indicator of human fecal pollution.
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in commercial passenger aircraft and cruise ship wastewater: a surveillance tool for assessing the presence of COVID-19 infected travellers.
Warish Ahmed,Paul M. Bertsch,Nicola Angel,Kyle Bibby,Aaron Bivins,Leanne Dierens,Janette Edson,John Ehret,Pradip Gyawali,Kerry A. Hamilton,Ian Hosegood,Philip Hugenholtz,Guangming Jiang,Masaaki Kitajima,Homa Teimouri Sichani,Jiahua Shi,Katja M. Shimko,Stuart L. Simpson,Wendy Smith,Erin M. Symonds,Kevin V. Thomas,Rory Verhagen,Julian Zaugg,Jochen F. Mueller +23 more
TL;DR: Surveillance of wastewater from large transport vessels with their own sanitation systems has potential as a complementary data source to prioritize clinical testing and contact tracing among disembarking passengers and must be further optimized to maximize detection sensitivity.
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Eukaryotic Viruses in Wastewater Samples from the United States
TL;DR: A baseline understanding of viruses in raw sewage will enable educated decisions to be made regarding the use of different viruses in water quality assessments, and uncovered previously unknown sequence diversity in human picobirnaviruses.