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X-WR-CALNAME:Dissertation Defense "Prepare For an Outbreak: Environmental S
 urveillance as a Disease Monitoring Tool\, and Interventions to Prevent Vi
 ral Transmission" by  Winnie Lourdes Zambrana Orozco
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DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need for enhance
 d outbreak preparedness against viruses. Key elements to this preparedness
  are robust disease surveillance systems and effective interventions to mi
 nimize disease transmission. While individual clinical testing is the conv
 entional disease surveillance approach\, environmental surveillance\, such
  as monitoring wastewater or fomites\, offers a valuable alternative. Envi
 ronmental surveillance of viruses can offer timely warnings\, provide evid
 ence regarding the presence of a disease within a community\, and help ide
 ntify infection trends. Equally crucial is the identification and evaluati
 on of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) that minimize transmission\, 
 such as personal hygiene practices. NPIs are particularly important during
  the early stages of an outbreak in the absence of pharmaceutical options.
 \n\n\nThis dissertation aims to enhance outbreak preparedness against viru
 ses by assessing environmental surveillance systems and quantifying the ef
 fectiveness of NPIs. Specifically\, this research explores the utility of 
 wastewater as an environmental surveillance tool across different sampling
  scales and its use in identifying the predominance of different virus sub
 types. It examines the occurrence of viruses in fomites\, both as a potent
 ial surveillance tool and a transmission intermediary in a systematic revi
 ew and meta-analysis. Lastly\, it evaluates the efficacy of alternative ha
 ndwashing agents in a laboratory volunteer study. The methods and results 
 from this research can serve to inform decision-making in anticipation of 
 infectious disease outbreaks.
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LOCATION:Mitchell Earth Sciences\, Hartley Conference Center (Mitchell 130)
SUMMARY:Dissertation Defense "Prepare For an Outbreak: Environmental Survei
 llance as a Disease Monitoring Tool\, and Interventions to Prevent Viral T
 ransmission" by  Winnie Lourdes Zambrana Orozco
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/dissertation-defense-prepar
 e-for-an-outbreak-environmental-surveillance-as-a-disease-monitoring-tool-
 and-interventions-to-prevent-viral-transmissionr-by-winnie-lourdes-zambran
 a-orozco
CATEGORIES:PhD Defense
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