Publications by Vikky Sinha

Publications by authors named "Vikky Sinha"

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RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance.

Stephen R Stockdale Adam M Blanchard Amit Nayak Aliabbas Husain Rupam Nashine Vikky Sinha

Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia

July 2023

Article Synopsis

The study looked at wastewater in Nagpur, India, to find out what viruses were present during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Researchers found many types of viruses, including chikungunya and rabies, that had never been seen in wastewater before.
They discovered that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) was common, especially in rural areas, along with other infections like Hepatitis C.

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Successful application of wastewater-based epidemiology in prediction and monitoring of the second wave of COVID-19 with fragmented sewerage systems-a case study of Jaipur (India).

Sudipti Arora Aditi Nag Aakanksha Kalra Vikky Sinha Ekta Meena

Environ Monit Assess

April 2022

The present study tracked the city-wide dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome-corona virus 2 ribonucleic acids (SARS-CoV-2 RNA) in the wastewater from nine different wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Jaipur during the second wave of COVID-19 out-break in India. A total of 164 samples were collected weekly between February 19th and June 8th, 2021. SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 47.