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AUG 19, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Early detection of pertussis related activity by wastewater surveillance of Bordetella pertussis- and Bordetella parapertussis-associated DNA concentrations in Osaka, Japan.

Emerging Microbes & Infections

A single-centre observational study of wastewater surveillance showing earlier detection of pertussis DNA than clinical reporting, but lacking formal validation against a prospective clinical gold standard or multi-site confirmation.

PromisingKazunori Tomono Naomi Sakon Koichiro Suzuki

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Study durationApril 2023 to July 2025

Number of treatment plants4

Lead time of wastewater detectionone to several months

AUG 4, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Molecular detection and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi in human serum samples from a scrub typhus outbreak in Vellore and adjacent districts, Tamil Nadu, India.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Diagnostic validation study in an outbreak setting with modest sample size and primarily descriptive molecular findings; detects pathogen DNA but lacks clinical outcome data or comparative diagnostic accuracy metrics.

PreliminaryDisease Outbreaks Sequence Analysis, DNA Purushothaman Selvaraj

Reported

Total serum samples analysed40

IgM ELISA-positive samples9

IgM-negative samples31