Notes from the Field: Genomic and Wastewater Surveillance Data to Guide a Hepatitis A Outbreak Response — Los Angeles County, March 2024–June 2024 (NEW 3/20, Website, Regulation/Guidance)CDC / MMWR
Genomic analysis and wastewater testing can complement traditional case-based surveillance to identify and better characterize HAV outbreaks.
A giant virus infecting the amoeboflagellate Naegleria (Website, Article)Nature Communications
24 April 2024
Arthofer P, Panhölzl F, Delafont V, et al.
Naeglerivirus infection was lethal to all Naegleria species tested, including the human pathogen N. fowleri. This study expands our experimental framework for investigating giant viruses and may help to better understand the basic biology of the human pathogen N. fowleri.
Surveillance of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2015–2020 (NEW 4/3, Website, Regulation/Guidance)CDC / MMWR
14 March 2024
Kunz JM, Lawinger H, Miko S, et al.
the report presents outbreak-contributing factors (i.e., practices and factors that lead to outbreaks) and, for the first time, categorizes outbreaks as biofilm pathogen or enteric illness associated.
National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS)CDC / National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS)
CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) program collects and displays wastewater data from communities across the United States.