UArizona researchers to help track deadly fungus in Arizona wastewater
UArizona researchers to help track deadly fungus in Arizona wastewaterWastewater-based epidemiology ' s potential was brought to bear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it could help public health officials get ahead of the drug-resistant fungusCandida auris.
Rosemary Brandt
Today
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Beyond COVID-19, the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture has expanded its wastewater monitoring program to help its community deal with other public health concerns such as influenza; respiratory syntactical virus, known as RSV; and now the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris.
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College of Agriculture and Life Sciencesrjbrandt@email.arizona.edu520-358-9729During the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists employed every tool in the public health arsenal to help predict when and where outbreaks may strike – including monitoring sewage. Wastewater-based epidemiology, as it would come to be known, garnered national attention in the University of Arizona ' s effort to bring students back to the classroom. And in Yuma County, where 90% of the nation ' s wintertime vegetables are grown, wastewater monitoring helped keep the agriculture industry operational during the pandemic. Now, researchers at the UArizonaYuma Center of Excellence ...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: rjbrandt Source Type: research
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