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Submissions from 2024

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Predictive power of wastewater for nowcasting infectious disease transmission: A retrospective case study of five sewershed areas in Louisville, Kentucky, Fayette Klaassen, Rochelle H. Holm, Ted Smith, Ted Cohen, Aruni Bhatnagar, and Nicolas A. Menzies

Submissions from 2023

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Generative AI as a Tool for Environmental Health Research Translation, Lauren B. Anderson, Dhiraj Kanneganti, Mary Bentley Houk, Rochelle H. Holm, and Ted Smith

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Incorporating Sexual and Gender Minority Patient Care Competencies: A Case Based Curriculum for Caring for Gender Diverse Youth, Eileen CichoskiKelly, Suzanne Kingery, and Susan Sawning

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Environmental health justice across the globe, Arnita Gadson and Rochelle H. Holm

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Beyond COVID-19: Designing Inclusive Public Health Surveillance by Including Wastewater Monitoring, Rochelle H. Holm, Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, Rebecca Schneider, and Ted Smith

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Addressing the challenges of establishing quality wastewater or non- sewered sanitation-based surveillance, including laboratory and epidemiological considerations, in Malawi, Rochelle H. Holm, Ruth Nyirenda, Ted Smith, and Petros Chigwechokha

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Online dashboards for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater data need standard best practices: An environmental health communication agenda, Colleen C. Naughton, Rochelle H. Holm, Nancy J. Lin, Brooklyn P. James, and Ted Smith

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Microbial community function and bacterial pathogen composition in pit latrines in peri-urban Malaw, Savanna K. Smith, Benjamin B. Risk, Rochelle H. Holm, Elizabeth Tilley, Petros Chigwechokha, Drew Capone, Joe Brown, and Francis L. de los Reyes III

Submissions from 2022

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Advancing the Use of Fecal Sludge for Timelier and Better-Quality Epidemiological Data in Low- and Middle-Income Countries for Pandemic Prevention, Petros Chigwechokha, Renée Street, and Rochelle H. Holm

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Educating sanitation professionals: moving from STEM to specialist training in higher education in Malawi, Brighton A. Chunga, David Mkwambisi, Cassandra L. Workman, Francis L. de los Reyes III, and Rochelle H. Holm

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Detection of human, porcine and canine picornaviruses in municipal sewage sludge using pan-enterovirus amplicon-based long-read Illumina sequencing, Temitope O. C. Faleye, Erin M. Driver, Devin A. Bowes, Rochelle H. Holm, Daymond Talley, Ray Yeager, Aruni Bhatnagar, Ted Smith, Arvind Varsani, Rolf U. Halden, and Matthew Scotch

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Surveillance of RNase P, PMMoV, and CrAssphage in wastewater as indicators of human fecal concentration across urban sewer neighborhoods, Louisville, Kentucky, R. H. Holm, M. Nagarkar, R. A. Yeager, D. Talley, A. C. Chaney, J. P. Rai, A. Mukherjee, S. N. Rai, A. Bhatnagar, and T. Smith

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SARS-CoV-2 RNA abundance in wastewater as a function of distinct urban sewershed size, Rochelle H. Holm, Anish Mukherjee, Jayesh P. Rai, Ray A. Yeager, Daymond Talley, Shesh N. Rai, Aruni Bhatnagar, and Ted Smith

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Surveillance of RNase P, PMMoV, and CrAssphage in wastewater as indicators of human fecal concentration across urban sewer neighborhoods, Kentucky, Rochelle H. Holm, M. Nagarkar, R. A. Yeager, D. Talley, A. C. Chaney, J. P. Rai, A. Mukherjee, S. N. Rai, A. Bhatnagar, and Ted Smith

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From the field: Using a simple guide to help students write better abstracts, Rochelle H. Holm and Anna Karin Roo

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Estimating sewage flow rate in Jefferson County, Kentucky, using machine learning for wastewater-based epidemiology applications, Dhiraj Kanneganti, Lauren E. Reinersman, Rochelle H. Holm, and Ted Smith

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Nationwide public perceptions regarding the acceptance of using wastewater for community health monitoring in the United States, A. Scott LaJoie, Asli Aslan, Rochelle H. Holm, Lauren B. Anderson, Heather D. Ness, and Ted Smith

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Mechanism of injury and special considerations as predictive of serious injury: A systematic review., Joshua R. Lupton, Cynthia Davis-O'Reilly, Rebecca M. Jungbauer, Craig D. Newgard, Mary E. Fallat, Joshus B. Brown, N. Clay Mann, Gregory J. Jurkovich, Eileen Bulger, Mark L. Gestring, E. Brooke Lerner, Roger Chou, and Annette M. Totten

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Retroperitoneal ancient neurilemmoma: A nervous rarity., Vaidehi Mendpara, Sweta Sahu, Devarsh N. Shaw, Subhangi Parmar, Tanveer Ahamad Shaik, Swastika Sadhai, and Mukesh Pancholi

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Impact of catheter ablation on long-term outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis, Tanveer Ahamad Shaik, Muhommad Haseeb, Sana Faisal, Kinan Obeidat, Osama Salam, Jithin Karedath, Zubair Ahmed Ganaie, and Shamsha Hirani

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Quantifying the relationship between sub-population wastewater samples and community-wide SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, Ted Smith, Rochelle H. Holm, Rachel J. Keith, Alok R. Amraotkar, Chance R. Alvarado, Krzysztof Banecki, Boseung Choi, Ian Santisteban, Adrienne M. Bushau-Sprinkle, Kathleen T. Kitterman, Joshua Fuqua, Krystal T. Hamorsky, Kenneth E. Palmer, J. Michael Brick, Aruni Bhatnagar, and Grzegorz A. Rempala

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Coexistence of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma in a renal transplant recipient: A case report., Diana Voloshyna, Tanveer Ahamad Shaik, Sunita Shrestha, Ajmat Ansari, Faraz Saleem, and Muhammad Abu Zar Ghaffari

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The Detection of Periodic Reemergence Events of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Strain in Communities Dominated by Omicron, Claire E. Westcott, Kevin J. Sokoloski, Eric C. Rouchka, Julia H. Chariker, Rochelle H. Holm, Ray A. Yeager, Joseph B. Moore IV, Erin M. Elliott, Daymond Talley, and Aruni Bhatnagar

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Association of hypomagnesemia and liver injury, role of gut-barrier dysfunction and inflammation: Efficacy of abstinence, and 2-week medical management in alcohol use disorder patients., Evan J. Winrich, Khushboo S. Gala, Abhas Rajhans, Christian D. Rios-Perez, Amor J. Royer, Zarlakhta Zamani, Ranganathan Parthasarathy, Luis S. Marsano-Obando, Ashutosh J. Barve, Melanie L. Schwandt, and Vatsalya Vatsalya

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The intersection between toxicology and aging research: A toxic aging coin perspective., John P. Wise Jr.

Submissions from 2021

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Impact of sampling depth on pathogen detection in pit latrines, Drew Capone, Petros Chigwechokha, Francis L. de los Reyes, Rochelle H. Holm, Benjamin B. Risk, Elizabeth Tilley, and Joe Brown

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Verrucous carcinoma of the vulva: patterns of care and treatment outcomes., Sara M. Dryden, Leonid B. Reshko, Jeremy T. Gaskins, and Scott R. Silva

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High-throughput sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater provides insights into circulating variants, Rafaela S. Fontenele, Simona Kraberger, James Hadfield, Erin M. Driver, Devin Bowes, La Rinda A. Holland, Temitope O.C. Faleye, Sangeet Adhikari, Rahul Kumar, Rosa Inchausti, Wydale K. Holmes, Stephanie Deitrick, Philip Brown, Darrell Duty, Ted Smith, Aruni Bhatnagar, Ray A. Yeager, Rochelle H. Holm, Natalia Hoogesteijn von Reitzenstein, Elliott Wheeler, Kevin Dixon, Tim Constantine, Melissa A. Wilson, Efrem S. Lim, Xiaofang Jiang, Rolf U. Halden, Matthew Scotch, and Arvind Varsani

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Public awareness and support for use of wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 monitoring: A community survey in Louisville, Kentucky, Rochelle H. Holm, J. Michael Brick, Alok R. Amraotkar, Joy L. Hart, Anish Mukherjee, Jacob Zeigler, Adrienne M. Bushau-Sprinkle, Lauren B. Anderson, Kandi L. Walker, Daymond Talley, Rachel J. Keith, Shesh N. Rai, Kenneth E. Palmer, Aruni Bhatnagar, and Ted Smith

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Geographic and occupational mobility of small-scale fishers of Lake Malawi: An exploratory study of water, sanitation, and hygiene access, Malawi, Rochelle H. Holm, Tikhala Chakalamba, Bwighane Ngasama, and Fanuel Kapute

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A Qualitative Study of NIMBYism for Waste in Smaller Urban Areas of a Low-Income Country, Mzuzu, Malawi, Rochelle H. Holm, Brighton A. Chunga, Adrian Mallory, Paul Hutchings, and Alison Parker

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Standardizing data reporting in the research community to enhance the utility of open data for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance, Jill S. McClary-Gutierrez, Zachary T. Aanderud, Mitham Al-Faliti, Claire Duvallet, Raul Gonzalez, Joe Guzman, Rochelle H. Holm, Michael A. Jahne, Rose S. Kantor, Panagis Katsivelis, Katrin Gaardbo Kuhn, Laura M. Langan, Cresten Mansfeldt, Sandra L. McLellan, Lorelay M. Mendoza Grijalva, Kevin S. Murnane, Colleen C. Naughton, Aaron I. Packman, Sotirios Paraskevopoulos, Tyler S. Radniecki, Fernando A. Roman, Abhilasha Shrestha, Lauren B. Stadler, Joshua A. Steele, Brian M. Swalla, Peter Vikesland, Brian Wartell, Carol J. Wilusz, Judith Chui Ching Wong, Alexandria B. Boehm, Rolf U. Halden, Kyle Bibby, and Jeseth Delgado Vela

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The rapid assessment of aggregated wastewater samples for genomic surveillance of sars-cov-2 on a city-wide scale, Eric C. Rouchka, Julia H. Chariker, Kumar Saurabh, Sabine Waigel, Wolfgang Zacharias, Mei Zhang, Daymond Talley, Ian Santisteban, Madeline Puccio, Sarah Moyer, Rochelle H. Holm, Ray A. Yeager, Kevin J. Sokoloski, Joshua Fuqua, Aruni Bhatnagar, and Ted Smith

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Combining community wastewater genomic surveillance with state clinical surveillance: A framework for SARS-CoV-2 public health practice, Ted Smith, Rochelle H. Holm, Ray Yeager, Joseph B. Moore IV, Eric C. Rouchka, Kevin J. Sokoloski, Daymond Talley, Vaneet Arora, Sarah Moyer, and Aruni Bhatnagar

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Wastewater Sample Site Selection to Estimate Geographically Resolved Community Prevalence of COVID-19: A Sampling Protocol Perspective, R. Yeager, R. H. Holm, K. Saurabh, J. L. Fuqua, D. Talley, A. Bhatnagar, and T. Smith

Submissions from 2020

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A review of the financial value of faecal sludge reuse in low-income countries, Adrian Mallory, Rochelle Holm, and Alison Parker

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Re-evaluating the strength of pit-latrine Faecal sludge from dynamic cone penetrometer test data, Yasmine Shafiq, Stuart Haigh, Rochelle Holm, and Alison Parker

Submissions from 2019

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Drinking water quality and human dimensions of cholera patients to inform evidence-based prevention investment in Karonga District, Malawi, Prince Kaponda, Suresh Muthukrishnan, Rory Barber, and Rochelle H. Holm

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Food safety policies and practices in public spaces: The urban water, sanitation, and hygiene environment for fresh fish sold from individual vendors in Mzuzu, Malawi, Jazimoni Lazaro, Fanuel Kapute, and Rochelle H. Holm

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Agent-based modelling for simulation-based design of sustainable faecal sludge management systems, Adrian Mallory, Martin Crapper, and Rochelle H. Holm

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Can a precast pit latrine concrete floor withstand emptying operations? An investigation from Malawi, Joshua McHenga and Rochelle H. Holm

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Do rope and washer pumps provide safe water and satisfied users? A case study piloting new rural water supply technology in Rumphi District, Malawi, Jacob C. Mkandawire, Mavuto Tembo, Muthi Nhlema, Joel Luhanga, and Rochelle H. Holm

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The eQuality Toolkit: Practical Skills for LGBTQ and DSD-Affected Patient Care, Laura Weingartner, Emily Noonan, Amy Holthouser, Jennifer Potter, Stacie Steinbock, Suzanne Kingery, and Susan Sawning

Submissions from 2018

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A cluster-randomized trial to evaluate the impact of an inclusive, community-led total sanitation intervention on sanitation access for people with disabilities in Malawi, Adam Biran, Lisa Danquah, Joseph Chunga, Wolf Peter Schmidt, Rochelle Holm, Ambumulire Itimu-Phiri, Wales Singini, Hazel Jones, Hannah Kuper, and Sian White

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A qualitative assessment of disability friendly water and sanitation facilities in primary schools, Rumphi, Malawi, Harlod Zaunda, Rochelle H. Holm, Ambumulire Itimu-Phiri, Mphatso Malota, and Sian White

Submissions from 2017

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Designing local solutions for emptying pit latrines in low-income urban settlements (Malawi), W. C. Chipeta, R. H. Holm, J. F. Kamanula, W. E. Mtonga, and F. L. de los Reyes

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Characterization of pit latrines to support the design and selection of emptying tools in peri-urban Mzuzu, Malawi, Rashid Chiposa, Rochelle H. Holm, Chimuleke Munthali, Russel C.G. Chidya, and Francis L. de los Reyes

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Pit latrine fecal sludge resistance using a dynamic cone penetrometer in low income areas in Mzuzu city, Malawi, Charles F.C. Chirwa, Ralph P. Hall, Leigh Anne H. Krometis, Eric A. Vance, Adam Edwards, Ting Guan, and Rochelle H. Holm

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The handpump choice is yours: A pilot study in Rumphi District, Malawi, Rochelle Holm, Alinafe Kamangira, Victor Kasulo, Prince Kaponda, Edwin Hara, Channing Carney-Filmore, and Muthi Nhlema

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Reducing the burden of rural water supply through greywater reuse: A case study from northern Malawi, Evan Newcomer, Courtney Boyd, Laban Nyirenda, Emmanuel Opong, Shannon Marquez, and Rochelle Holm

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Trash removal methods for improved mechanical emptying of pit latrines using a screw auger, Tracey Sisco, Tate Rogers, Walt Beckwith, Willy Chipeta, Rochelle Holm, Christopher A. Buckley, and Francis L. De Los Reyes

Submissions from 2016

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Access to groundwater and link to the impact on quality of life: A look at the past, present and future public health needs in Mzimba District, Malawi, R. C.G. Chidya, R. H. Holm, M. Tembo, B. Cole, P. Workneh, and J. Kanyama

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Adopters and non-adopters of low-cost household latrines: A study of corbelled pit latrines in 15 districts of Malawi, Rochelle Holm, Mavuto Tembo, Dalo Njera, Victor Kasulo, Mphatso Malota, Willy Chipeta, Wales Singini, and Joshua Mchenga

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Achieving the sustainable development goals: a case study of the complexity of water quality health risks in Malawi, Rochelle Holm, Philip Wandschneider, Allan Felsot, and Golden Msilimba

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A qualitative study of barriers to accessing water, sanitation and hygiene for disabled people in Malawi, Sian White, Hannah Kuper, Ambumulire Itimu-Phiri, Rochelle Holm, and Adam Biran

Submissions from 2015

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Why financial lending institutions are not willing to provide services to the private sector for rural sanitation and hygiene (Malawi)., Rochelle H. Holm, Victor Kasulo, and Elijah Wanda

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A comparative study of faecal sludge management in Malawi and Zambia: Status, challenges and opportunities in pit latrine emptying, Rochelle H. Holm, James Madalitso Tembo, and Bernard Thole

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A comparative study of faecal sludge management in Malawi and Zambia: Status, challenges and opportunities in pit latrine emptying, Rochelle Holm, James Madalitso Tembo, and Bernard Thole

Submissions from 2014

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Identification of the potential opportunities, barriers, and threats within the sector in taking up sanitation as a business: Rural sanitation in Nkhata Bay District (Malawi), Rochelle Holm, Elijah Wanda, Victor Kasulo, and Simeon Gwayi

Submissions from 2012

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Recent History Provides Sustainable African Water Quality Project Insight, Rochelle H. Holm