Publications by authors named "T A Graber"

The population of older adults is exponentially expanding. Alongside aging comes the onset of chronic disease, decline of functional capacity, and reduced quality of life. Thus, this population increase will stress the capacity and financial viability of health and long-term care systems.

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  • The study investigates the decay patterns of SARS-CoV-2 and Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) in wastewater contaminated with stool samples from COVID-19 patients, aiming to reflect real-world conditions better than traditional laboratory methods.
  • It examines how these viruses decay under two specific sewer transport conditions—dynamic suspended transport and bed/near-bed transport—across varying temperatures (4°C, 12°C, and 20°C).
  • Results show no significant decay of SARS-CoV-2 or PMMoV in dynamic suspended transport over 35 hours, while significant decay occurs in bed/near-bed conditions, especially for PMMoV, which shows higher decay rates at elevated temperatures.
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Wastewater-based surveillance of human disease offers timely insights to public health, helping to mitigate infectious disease outbreaks and decrease downstream morbidity and mortality. These systems rely on nucleic acid amplification tests for monitoring disease trends, while antibody-based seroprevalence surveys gauge community immunity. However, serological surveys are resource-intensive and subject to potentially long lead times and sampling bias.

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Leukemia inhibitory factor, a member of the interleukin-6 cytokine family, plays a central role in homeostasis and disease. Interestingly, some of the pleiotropic effects of leukemia inhibitory factor have been attributed to the modulation of macrophage functions although the molecular underpinnings have not been explored at a genome-wide scale. Herein, we investigated leukemia inhibitory factor-driven transcriptional changes in murine bone marrow-derived macrophages by RNA sequencing.

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The population of older adults is exponentially expanding. Alongside aging comes the onset of chronic disease, decline of functional capacity, and reduced quality of life. Thus, this population increase will stress the capacity and financial viability of health and long-term care systems.

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