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28/05/2026

28/05/2026

📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗-𝟭𝟵 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

We are pleased to share a newly published journal article from the Environmental Health Research Centre (EHRC) in Viruses, a Q1 journal in Infectious Disease/Virology indexed in Web of Science (Impact Factor 3.5).

📝 Influence of Sampling Strategies and Disease Prevalence on SARS-CoV-2 Detection Dynamics in Wastewater Surveillance
🔗 https://doi.org/10.3390/v18050583

🔎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬
💧 Wastewater signals were able to detect COVID-19 trends earlier than reported clinical cases
⏳ Grab sampling in high-prevalence areas showed an approximate around 2-week lead time
📊 Composite sampling in low-prevalence areas showed the strongest association at about 1-week lead time
🧬 Wastewater genomic surveillance successfully tracked circulating Omicron variants and identified additional variants not captured in limited clinical sequencing data

🌍 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
This study highlights how wastewater-based surveillance can strengthen early warning systems and support public health decision-making by providing community-level monitoring of disease trends and circulating variants, especially during periods of reduced clinical testing.

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𝗟𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗝𝗔 𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗠𝗜 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗛 𝗜𝗖𝗥

25 Mei 2026 — Dr. Carren Teh Sui Lin, Pengarah ICR telah mengadakan Lawatan Kerja Rasmi ke Pusat Penyelidikan Klinikal (CRC) Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II (HRPZ II). Pada masa yang sama, turut mengadakan lawatan kerja ke CRC HRPZ II ialah Dr. Akhmal Yusof, CEO Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM). Lawatan disambut mesra oleh Dr. Izamin Idris, Pengarah HRPZ II, Dr. Norhana Mohamed Fadzil, Timbalan Pengarah III HRPZ II, dan Dr. Wan Hasnul Halimi Wan Hassan, Ketua CRC HRPZ II.

Perbincangan empat penjuru antara Ibu Pejabat ICR, CRC HRPZ II, Pengurusan HRPZ II, dan CRM mencerminkan kerjasama pelbagai pihak dalam usaha memperkasakan penyelidikan klinikal di Malaysia.

Setinggi-tinggi penghargaan dan terima kasih diucapkan kepada CRC HRPZ II atas komitmen dan usaha gigih dalam memacu agenda penyelidikan klinikal di Kelantan.

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