Publications

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Besa, J., . . . Abe, S. (2025). Surveillance of avian influenza through bird guano in remote regions of the global south to uncover transmission dynamics. Nature Communications, 16(1) doi:10.1038/s41467-025-59322-z

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Suzuki, Y., . . . Hamamoto, H. (2025). Streptococcus pyogenes Surveillance Through Surface Swab Samples to Track the Emergence of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome in Rural Japan. Journal of Infectious Diseases, doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf234

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Wang, Y. Z., . . . Hamamoto, H. (2025). Global participatory wastewater surveillance to understand mpox clade diversity in war and conflict-affected countries. Journal of Travel Medicine, doi:10.1093/jtm/taaf052

Price, M., Simpson, B. S., Tscharke, B. J., Ahmed, F., Keller, E. L., Sussex, H., . . . Trowsdale, S. (2024). Reporting population size in wastewater-based epidemiology: A scoping review. Science of the Total Environment, 953 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176076

Price, M., Tscharke, B., Chappell, A., Kah, M., Sila-Nowicka, K., Morris, H., . . . Trowsdale, S. (2024). Testing methods to estimate population size for wastewater treatment plants using census data: Implications for wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment, 922 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170974

Anupong, S., Chadsuthi, S., Hongsing, P., Hurst, C., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Rad, S., . . . Wannigama, D. L. (2024). Exploring indoor and outdoor dust as a potential tool for detection and monitoring of COVID-19 transmission. ISCIENCE, 27(3) doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.109043

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Besa, J. J., . . . Team, R. (2024). Community-based mpox and sexually transmitted disease surveillance using discarded condoms in the global south. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 24(10), e610–e613. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00514-0

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Chadsuthi, S., . . . Hongsing, P. (2024). Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 new variants BA.2.86 and offspring JN.1 in South and Southeast Asia. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31(4) doi:10.1093/jtm/taae040

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Chadsuthi, S., . . . Pathogen Hunters, R. T. (2024). Increased faecal shedding in SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.2.86 and JN.1. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 24(6), e348–e350. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00155-5

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Hongsing, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Chadsuthi, S., . . . Ishikawa, H. (2023). COVID-19 monitoring with sparse sampling of sewered and non-sewered wastewater in urban and rural communities. ISCIENCE, 26(7) doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107019

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Modchang, C., Anupong, S., Chadsuthi, S., Chatsuwan, T., . . . Kicic, A. (2023). Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 reveals silent variant transmission with future outbreaks in low-resource communities. RESPIROLOGY, 28, 190.

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Modchang, C., Anupong, S., Chadsuthi, S., Chatsuwan, T., . . . Kicic, A. (2023). Exploring indoor and outdoor dust as a potential tool for early detection and monitoring of COVID-19 transmission. RESPIROLOGY, 28, 189–190.

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Chadsuthi, S., . . . Pathogen Hunters, R. T. (2023). Tracing the new SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 in the community through wastewater surveillance in Bangkok, Thailand. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23(11), E464–E466. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00620-5

Wannigama, D. L., Amarasiri, M., Phattharapornjaroen, P., Hurst, C., Modchang, C., Chadsuthi, S., . . . Hongsing, P. (2023). Tracing the transmission of mpox through wastewater surveillance in Southeast Asia. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30(5) doi:10.1093/jtm/taad096

Gago, T., Trowsdale, S., Sibley, C. G., & Milfont, T. L. (2023). Satisfaction with the condition of local waterways in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Hewitt, J., Trowsdale, S., Armstrong, B. A., Chapman, J. R., Carter, K. M., Croucher, D. M., . . . Gilpin, B. J. (2022). Sensitivity of wastewater-based epidemiology for detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a low prevalence setting. Water Research, 211 doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.118032

Zhao, Y. T., Price, M., & Trowsdale, S. (2022). Comparison of the Transition to More Sustainable Stormwater Management in China and the USA. WATER, 14(12) doi:10.3390/w14121960

Trowsdale, S. (2022). How hydrologists helped respond to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand), 61(1), 1-3.

Trowsdale, S., Gilpin, B., Sila-Nowicka, K., Hewitt, J., & Price, M. (2022). Establishing New Zealand’s national pathogen surveillance system using wastewater-based epidemiology. Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand), 61(1), 77-91.

Nicoll, T., Jamieson, T., Price, M., & Trowsdale, S. (2022). Neighbourhood-scale wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand), 61(1), 31-43.

Price, M., & Trowsdale, S. (2022). The ethics of wastewater surveillance for public health. Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand), 61(1), 59-75.

Trowsdale, S., Price, M., Wilkins, C., Tscharke, B., Mueller, J., & Baker, T. (2021). Quantifying nicotine and alcohol consumption in New Zealand using wastewater-based epidemiology timed to coincide with census. Drug and Alcohol Review, 40(7), 1178–1185. doi:10.1111/dar.13268

Price, M., Wilkins, C., Tscharke, B. J., Baker, T., Mueller, J. F., & Trowsdale, S. (2021). Spatial, temporal and socioeconomic patterns of illicit drug use in New Zealand assessed using wastewater-based epidemiology timed to coincide with the census. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1537), 11–26.

Price, M., Wilkins, C., & Trowsdale, S. (2021). Comment on “Estimating Alcohol Consumption by Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: An Assessment of the Correction Factor for Ethyl Sulfate Using Large-Scale National Monitoring Data”. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8(11), 1015–1016. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00745

Martins, V. L., Ogden, M. D., Jones, M. R., Trowsdale, S. A., Hall, P. J., & Jensen, H. S. (2020). Opportunities for coupled electrochemical and ion-exchange technologies to remove recalcitrant micropollutants in water. Separation and Purification Technology, 239 doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116522

Trowsdale, S., Boyle, K., & Baker, T. (2020). Politics, water management and infrastructure. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 378(2168). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0208