A5067991658- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Water resources management and optimization
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Helminth infection and control
- Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
Durban University of Technology
2016-2025
University of Arizona
2023-2025
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2013-2024
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
2022
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2022
Anka Teknoloji Üniversitesi
2022
University of Cape Coast
2017
Abstract Background The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) consists of causative agents both human and animal is responsible for over 10 million annual infections globally. Infections occur mainly through airborne transmission, however, there are possible indirect transmissions a faecal-oral route which poorly reported. This transmission could be the occurrence microbe in environments such as wastewater. manuscript, therefore, reviews source fate MTBC wastewater environment, including...
Wastewater irrigation is associated with several benefits but can also lead to significant health risks. The risk for contracting infections from Soil Transmitted Helminths (STHs) among farmers has mainly been assessed indirectly through measured quantities in the wastewater or on crops alone and only a limited scale epidemiological assessments. In this study we broadened concept of infection risks exposure assessments by measurements concentration STHs both used soil, as well actual load...
Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) has the potential to become a cheaper and faster option for monitoring COVID-19 infections through wastewater-based epidemiology. However, its application in surveillance been limited clinical testing only. We present this paper two optimized RT-LAMP protocols based on colour change fluorescence detection of these wastewater from four treatment plants over 4 weeks. The have limit 10 copies/25 µl reaction with positive...
Abstract Microplastic (MP) occurrence in wastewater poses serious threats to aquatic organisms due their ecological impact. Additionally, these microplastics may provide a unique habitat for microbial biofilms. This study explored the possible factors that facilitate biofilm formation on different MPs environment. Biofilm was determined via measurement of optical density (OD) and confirmed using scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, community profiling performed 16S rRNA amplicon...
Wastewater may contain contaminants harmful to human health; hence, there is the need for treatment before discharge. Centralized wastewater systems are favored options globally, but these not necessarily superior in reduction of pathogens as compared decentralized (collectively called DEWATS). This study was therefore undertaken assess soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and Taenia sp. egg efficiency selected anaerobic baffled reactors planted gravel filters centralized plants South Africa...
The use of sludge in agriculture has been encouraged as a means increasing soil nutrient content and improving the water holding capacity. On negative side, major public health concerns with application prevail, mainly due to high concentration pathogenic microorganisms. Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are concern this regard, especially endemic regions, environmental resistant eggs combined low infectious dose. In study STH two months dried from Durban, South Africa Dakar, Senegal was...
Essential components of public health include strengthening the surveillance infectious diseases and developing early detection prevention policies. This is particularly important for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), which can be explored by using wastewater-based surveillance. study aimed to use molecular techniques determine occurrence concentration antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) associated with (TB) resistance in untreated treated wastewater. Raw/untreated (post-chlorination)...