Publications by authors named "C Bianco"
Microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) can remove a variety of organic and inorganic pollutants from contaminated groundwater. However, despite significant laboratory-scale successes over the past decade, field-scale applications remain limited. We hypothesize that enhancing the electrochemical conductivity of the soil surrounding electrodes could be a groundbreaking and cost-effective alternative to deploying numerous high-surface-area electrodes in short distances.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnveiling the silent information of wastewater-based epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 at community and sanitary zone levels: experience in Córdoba City, Argentina.
Gisela Masachessi Gonzalo Manuel Castro María de Los Angeles Marinzalda Ariana Mariela Cachi Paola Sicilia Carlos Martin Del Bianco
J Water Health
November 2024
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- The study focuses on using wastewater monitoring to detect SARS-CoV-2 in communities, particularly from October 2021 to October 2022 in Córdoba.
- Researchers collected 406 weekly wastewater samples and used real-time PCR to identify the virus and variants, enabling the creation of a viral activity flow map.
- The findings suggest that wastewater surveillance is a sensitive early warning system for COVID-19, identifying viral trends and hotspots even before clinical cases are reported, emphasizing its importance for public health responses.
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- Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a significant immunosuppressive pathogen affecting chickens, and a study analyzed samples from 16 British broiler farms to monitor its prevalence.
- Samples from 20 IBDV-positive bursae were sequenced, revealing no very virulent strains, but identifying various reassortant strains and classical virulent strains among the samples.
- The majority of the farms (81%) had genogroup A3B1 reassortant strains, with some showing mutations associated with a specific Western European clade, indicating diversity and co-existence of different viral strains within the same farms.
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- An adult female mixed breed sow was necropsied due to symptoms like lethargy and breathing difficulties.
- Post-mortem examination revealed an intestinal volvulus caused by an unusual intra-abdominal bone-like growth termed intra-abdominal heterotopic mesenteric ossification (IHMO).
- The study emphasizes the need for using CT and histopathology together for accurate diagnosis and suggests that further investigation could improve our understanding of this rare condition in animals.
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- Nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) is commonly used for environmental cleanup, but understanding its movement in various conditions is challenging, limiting its effectiveness.
- This study presents a new method to predict how nZVI moves in a saturated porous environment using advanced devices that measure magnetic properties, along with numerical modeling.
- The findings indicate that nZVI's mobility is influenced by its surface charge, with negatively charged particles moving more effectively, and suggest that slight sulfidation and organic modifications can improve nZVI's distribution in groundwater.