Selected publications
Full record of publications can be found here
Preprints are italicized; all preprints have been submitted to peer-reviewed journals
2022
Wolfe MK, Duong D, Bakker KM, Ammerman M, Mortenson L, Hughes B, Martin ET, White BJ, Boehm AB, Wigginton KR. Wastewater-based detection of an influenza outbreak. 2022 (Under Review)
Yu A, Hughes B, Wolfe MK, Leon T, Duong D, Rabe A, Kennedy L, Ravuri S, White BJ, Wigginton KR, Boehm AB, Vugia D. Estimating relative abundance of two SARS-CoV-2 variants through wastewater surveillance at two large metropolitan sites. 2022 (Accepted at Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Wolfe MK, Hughes B, Duong D, Chan-Herur V, Wigginton KR, White BJ, Boehm AB. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant Mu, Beta, Gamma, Lambda, Delta, Alpha, and Omicron in wastewater settled solids using mutation-specific assays is associated with regional detection of variants in clinical samples. 2022 (Accepted at Appl Env. Micro)
Kirby, A. E., Welsh, R. M., Marsh, Z. A., Yu, A. T., Vugia, D. J., Boehm, A. B., Wolfe, M. K., White, B. J., Matzinger, S. R., Wheeler, A., Bankers, L., Andresen, K., Salatas, C., New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Gregory, D. A., Johnson, M. C., Trujillo, M., Kannoly, S., Smyth, D. S., Dennehy, J. J., … Hopkins, L. Notes from the Field: Early Evidence of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant in Community Wastewater - United States, November-December 2021. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2022
Kim S, Kennedy LC, Wolfe MK, Criddle CS, Duong DH, Topol A, White BJ, Kantor RS, Nelson KL, Steele JA, Langlois K, Griffith JF, Zimmer-Faust AG, McLellan SL, Schussman MK, Ammerman M, Wigginton KR, Bakker KM, Boehm AB. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is enriched by orders of magnitude in primary settled solids relative to liquid wastewater at publicly owned treatment works. Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol. 2022
Huisman JS, Scire J, Caduff L, Fernandez-Cassi X, Ganesanandamoorthy P, Kull A, Scheidegger A, Stachler E, Boehm AB, Hughes B, Knudson A, Topol A, Wigginton KR, Wolfe MK, Kohn T, Ort C, Stadler T, Julian TR. Wastewater-based estimation of the effective reproductive number of SARS-CoV-2. 2022 (Accepted at Environmental Health Perspectives).
Hughes B, Duong D, White BJ, Wigginton KR, Chan EMG, Wolfe MK, Boehm AB. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) RNA in Wastewater Settled Solids Reflects RSV Clinical Positivity Rates. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2022
2021
Natarajan, A., Han, A., Zlitni, S., Brooks EF, Vance SE, Wolfe MK, Singh U, Jagannathan P, Pinsky BA, Boehm AB, Bhatt AS. Standardized preservation, extraction and quantification techniques for detection of fecal SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Nat Commun. 2021
Wolfe MK, Topol A, Knudson A, Simpson A, White B, Vugia DJ, Yu AT, Li L, Balliet M, Stoddard P, Han GS, Wigginton KR, Boehm AB. 2021. High-frequency, high-throughput quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater settled solids at eight publicly owned treatment works in Northern California shows strong association with COVID-19 incidence. mSystems. 2021
Coffman MM, Guest JS, Wolfe MK, Naughton CC, Boehm AB, Delgado Vela J, and Carrera JS. Preventing Scientific and Ethical Misuse of Wastewater Surveillance Data. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021
Simpson A, Topol A, White BJ, Wolfe MK, Wigginton KR, Boehm AB. 2021. Effect of storage conditions on SARS-CoV-2 RNA quantification in wastewater solids. PeerJ. 2021
Wolfe MK, Archana A, Catoe D, Coffman MM, Dorevich S, Graham KE, Kim S, Mendoza Grijalva L, Roldan-Hernandez L, Silverman AI, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Vugia DJ, Yu AT, Zambrana W, Wigginton KR, and Boehm AB. Scaling of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Settled Solids from Multiple Wastewater Treatment Plants to Compare Incidence Rates of Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 in Their Sewersheds. Environ. Sci. Technol Letters. 2021
String G, Domini M, Badr H, Brodsky H, Kamal Y, Tatro T, Johnston M, Ogudipe A, Nha Vu T, Wolfe MK, Lantagne DS. Efficacy of locally-available cleaning methods and household chlorination at inhibiting biofilm development, removing E. coli, and maintaining free chlorine residual in jerricans used to store household drinking water. Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2021
Graham K, Loeb S, Wolfe MK, Catoe D, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Kim S, Yamahara K, Sassoubre L, Mendoza L, Roldan-Hernandez L, Li L, Wigginton K, Boehm A. SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater settled solids is associated with COVID-19 cases in a large urban sewershed. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021
2020
Brockett S, Wolfe MK, Hamot A, Appiah G, Mintz E, Lantagne DS. Associations between Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Food Exposures and Typhoid Fever in Case-Control Studies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020
Hamzah L, Boehm A, Davis J, Pickering A, Wolfe MK, Mureithi M, Harris A. Ruminant Fecal Contamination of Drinking Water Introduced Post-Collection in Rural Kenyan Households. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020
2019
Mitro B, Wolfe MK, Galeano M, Sikder M, Gallandat K, Lantagne D. Barriers and facilitators to chlorine tablet distribution and use in emergencies: A qualitative assessment. Water 2019
Pickering A, Njenga S, Steinbaum L, Swarthout J, Lin A, Arnold B, Stewart C, Dentz H, Mureithi M, Chieng B, Wolfe MK, Mahoney R, Kihara J, Byrd K, Rao G, Meerkerk T, Cheruiyot P, Papaiakovou M, Pilotte N, Williams S, Colford J, Null C. Effects of single and integrated water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition interventions on child soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Kenya. PLoS Med. 2019
2018
Lantagne DS, Wolfe MK, Gallandat K, Opryszko M. Determining the efficacy, safety, and suitability of disinfectants to prevent emerging infectious disease transmission. Water 2018
M Wolfe*, M Kaur*, T Yates, M Woodin, D Lantagne. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association between Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Exposures and Cholera in Case–Control Studies. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018
2017
Gallandat K, Wolfe MK, Lantagne DS. Surface cleaning and disinfection: efficacy assessment of four chlorine types using E. coli and the Ebola surrogate Phi6. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017
Wolfe MK, Lantagne D. A Method to Test the Efficacy of Handwashing for the Removal of Emerging Infectious Pathogens. J Vis Exp. 2017
Wolfe MK, Gallandat K, Daniels K, Desmarais AM, Scheinman P, Lantagne D. Handwashing and Ebola virus disease outbreaks: A randomized comparison of soap, hand sanitizer, and 0.05% chlorine solutions on the inactivation and removal of model organisms Phi6 and E. coli from hands and persistence in rinse water. PLoS ONE 2017
Wolfe MK, Dentz H, Achando B, Mureithi M, Wolfe T, Null C, & Pickering AJ. Adapting and evaluating a rapid, low-cost method to enumerate flies in the household setting. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017
2016
Wolfe MK, Wells E, Mitro B, Desmarais AM, Scheinman P, Lantagne D. Seeking Clearer Recommendations for Hand Hygiene in Communities Facing Ebola: A Randomized Trial Investigating the Impact of Six Handwashing Methods on Skin Irritation and Dermatitis. PLoS ONE 2016
Wells E, Wolfe MK, Murray A, Lantagne D. Accuracy, Precision, Ease-Of-Use, and Cost of Methods to Test Ebola-Relevant Chlorine Solutions. PLoS ONE 2016
Iqbal Q, Lubeck-Schricker M, Wells E, Wolfe MK, Lantagne D. Shelf-Life of Chlorine Solutions Recommended in Ebola Virus Disease Response. PLoS ONE 2016