Back

Deep untargeted wastewater metagenomic sequencing from sewersheds across the United States

2026-03-06 public and global health Title + abstract only
View on medRxiv
Show abstract

Wastewater monitoring enables non-invasive, population-scale tracking of community infections independent of healthcare-seeking behavior and clinical diagnosis. Metagenomic sequencing extends this capability by enabling broad, pathogen-agnostic detection, genomic characterization, and identification of novel or unexpected threats. Here, we present data from CASPER (the Coalition for Agnostic Sequencing of Pathogens from Environmental Reservoirs), a U.S.-based wastewater metagenomic sequencing ne...

Predicted journal destinations

1
Science of The Total Environment
80 training papers
Top 0.5% 18.0%
2
Water Research
26 training papers
#1 9.1%
3
Nature Communications
483 training papers
Top 15% 6.5%
4
PLOS ONE
1737 training papers
Top 71% 6.5%
5
Scientific Reports
701 training papers
Top 36% 6.5%
6
Environmental Science & Technology
16 training papers
#1 6.0%
7
Environmental Research
36 training papers
Top 0.8% 5.1%
8
Microbiology Spectrum
86 training papers
Top 1% 3.9%
9
mSystems
16 training papers
#1 3.9%
10
Environmental Science & Technology Letters
16 training papers
Top 0.2% 2.0%
11
mSphere
27 training papers
Top 0.4% 1.4%
12
Cell Reports Medicine
49 training papers
Top 5% 1.0%
13
The Lancet Microbe
33 training papers
Top 2% 1.0%
14
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
100 training papers
Top 15% 1.0%
15
Emerging Infectious Diseases
84 training papers
Top 13% 1.0%
16
Frontiers in Public Health
135 training papers
Top 28% 1.0%
17
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
50 training papers
Top 7% 1.0%
18
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
77 training papers
Top 6% 1.0%
19
eLife
262 training papers
Top 45% 1.0%
20
One Health
15 training papers
Top 0.2% 1.0%
21
mBio
34 training papers
Top 2% 1.0%
22
American Journal of Epidemiology
54 training papers
Top 8% 1.0%
23
Clinical Infectious Diseases
219 training papers
Top 23% 1.0%
24
PLOS Global Public Health
287 training papers
Top 34% 0.7%
25
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
166 training papers
Top 20% 0.7%
26
Environment International
22 training papers
Top 2% 0.7%
27
Nature
58 training papers
Top 10% 0.7%
28
BMC Public Health
148 training papers
Top 29% 0.7%