Dr Warish Ahmed
CSIRO
Research Fellow, Life Sciences
Australia
My co-authors include
Professor Ashantha Goonetilleke
Pradip Gyawali
Dr Valerie J Harwood
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My Publications
Novel crAssphage marker genes ascertain sewage pollution in a recreational lake receivi...
Water Research
November 2018
Decay of sewage-associated bacterial communities in fresh and marine environmental wate...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
June 2018
Evaluation of the novel crAssphage marker for sewage pollution tracking in storm drain ...
Water Research
March 2018
Assessment of Water Quality in Roof-Harvested Rainwater Barrels in Greater Philadelphia
Water
January 2018
Human and animal enteric viral markers for tracking the sources of faecal pollution
January 2018
Abundance of Naegleria fowleri in roof-harvested rainwater tank samples from two contin...
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
December 2017
A multi-omics based ecological analysis of coastal marine sediments from Gladstone, in ...
The Science of The Total Environment
December 2017
Human health risks for Legionella and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) from potable an...
Water Research
August 2017
Quantification of hookworm ova from wastewater matrices using quantitative PCR
Journal of Environmental Sciences
July 2017
Optimization of sampling strategy to determine pathogen removal efficacy of activated s...
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
June 2017
Assessing risk associated with using urine as a liquid fertilizer
Microbial Risk Analysis
April 2017
Rainwater harvesting in American Samoa: current practices and indicative health risks
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
March 2017
A Community Multi-Omics Approach towards the Assessment of Surface Water Quality in an ...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
March 2017
Comparison of culture-based, vital stain and PMA-qPCR methods for the quantitative dete...
Water Science & Technology
March 2017
Cross-Comparison of Human Wastewater-Associated Molecular Markers in Relation to Fecal ...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
February 2017
Seasonal Assessment of Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens in Roof-Harvested Rainw...
Environmental Science & Technology
January 2017
Amplicon-based taxonomic characterization of bacteria in urban and peri-urban roof-harv...
The Science of The Total Environment
January 2017
A Review of Analytical Techniques and Their Application in Disease Diagnosis in Breatho...
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
December 2016
Amplicon-based profiling of bacteria in raw and secondary treated wastewater from treat...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
November 2016
Faecal pollution along the southeastern coast of Florida and insight into the use of pe...
Journal of Applied Microbiology
October 2016
Public health implications of Acanthamoeba and multiple potential opportunistic pathoge...
Environmental Research
October 2016
Evaluation of Glass Wool Filters and Hollow-Fiber Ultrafiltration Concentration Methods...
Water Air & Soil Pollution
August 2016
Quantitative detection of viable helminth ova from raw wastewater, human feces, and env...
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
June 2016
An approach to reduce false viability assessment of hookworm eggs with vital stains
Food and Waterborne Parasitology
June 2016
Current Status of Marker Genes of Bacteroides and Related Taxa for Identifying Sewage P...
Water
May 2016
Determination of Ancylostoma caninum ova viability using metabolic profiling
Parasitology Research
May 2016
Evidence of Avian and Possum Fecal Contamination in Rainwater Tanks as Determined by Mi...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
May 2016
Utility of Helicobacter spp. associated GFD markers for detecting avian fecal pollution...
Water Research
January 2016
Beyond Metabolomics: A Review of Multi-Omics-Based Approaches
January 2016
Distributions of Fecal Markers in Wastewater from Different Climatic Zones for Human Fe...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
December 2015
Comparison of concentration methods for rapid detection of hookworm ova in wastewater m...
Experimental Parasitology
December 2015
Rapid concentration and sensitive detection of hookworm ova from wastewater matrices us...
Experimental Parasitology
December 2015
Microbial Source Tracking: Field Study Planning and Implementation
September 2015
Toolbox Approaches Using Molecular Markers and 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Data Sets for Ide...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
July 2015
Assessment of Genetic Markers for Tracking the Sources of Human Wastewater Associated E...
Environmental Science & Technology
July 2015
Biotin- and Glycoprotein-Coated Microspheres as Surrogates for Studying Filtration Remo...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
April 2015
Quantitative PCR measurements of Escherichia coli including Shiga Toxin-Producing E. c...
Environmental Science & Technology
March 2015
Comparison of Concentration Methods for Quantitative Detection of Sewage-Associated Vir...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
January 2015
Monitoring of oil pollution at Gemsa Bay and bioremediation capacity of bacterial isola...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
October 2014
Relative inactivation of faecal indicator bacteria and sewage markers in freshwater and...
Letters in Applied Microbiology
June 2014
Opportunistic pathogens in roof-captured rainwater samples, determined using quantitati...
Water Research
April 2014
Prevalence of Enterococcus Species and Their Virulence Genes in Fresh Water Prior to a...
Environmental Science & Technology
March 2014
Inactivation of faecal indicator bacteria in a roof-captured rainwater system under amb...
Journal of Applied Microbiology
October 2013
Sewage pollution in urban stormwater runoff as evident from the widespread presence of ...
The Science of The Total Environment
October 2013
Performance Characteristics of qPCR Assays Targeting Human- and Ruminant-Associated Ba...
Environmental Science & Technology
August 2013
Evaluation of Bovine Feces-Associated Microbial Source Tracking Markers and Their Corre...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
February 2013
Sensitive detection of human adenovirus from small volume of primary wastewater samples...
Journal of Virological Methods
February 2013
Fecal indicators and bacterial pathogens in bottled water from Dhaka, Bangladesh
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
January 2013
Prevalence of human pathogens and indicators in stormwater runoff in Brisbane, Australia
Water Research
December 2012
Occurrence of Virulence Genes Associated with Diarrheagenic Pathotypes in Escherichia c...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
November 2012
Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. in Rainwater Tank Samples: Comparison of Culture...
Environmental Science & Technology
October 2012
Consistency in the host specificity and host sensitivity of the Bacteroides HF183 marke...
Letters in Applied Microbiology
August 2012
Speciation and Frequency of Virulence Genes of Enterococcus spp. Isolated from Rainwat...
Environmental Science & Technology
June 2012
An Attempt to Identify the Likely Sources of Escherichia coli Harboring Toxin Genes in...
Environmental Science & Technology
May 2012
Evaluation of the nifH Gene Marker of Methanobrevibacter smithii for the Detection of ...
Environmental Science & Technology
January 2012
Escherichia coli virulence genes profile of surface waters as an indicator of water qua...
Water Research
December 2011
Fecal Indicators and Zoonotic Pathogens in Household Drinking Water Taps Fed from Rainw...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
October 2011
Occurrence of Intestinal and Extraintestinal Virulence Genes in Escherichia coli Isolat...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
August 2011
Microbiological Quality of Roof-Harvested Rainwater and Health Risks: A Review
Journal of Environmental Quality
January 2011
Source Tracking in Australia and New Zealand: Case Studies
January 2011
Quantitative PCR assay of sewage-associated Bacteroides markers to assess sewage pollut...
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
October 2010
Health Risk from the Use of Roof-Harvested Rainwater in Southeast Queensland, Australia...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
September 2010
Human and bovine adenoviruses for the detection of source-specific fecal pollution in c...
Water Research
September 2010
Prevalence and Persistence of Escherichia coli Strains with Uropathogenic Virulence Cha...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
July 2010
Implications of faecal indicator bacteria for the microbiological assessment of roof-ha...
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
June 2010
Faecal sterols analysis for the identification of human faecal pollution in a non-sewer...
Water Science & Technology
March 2010
Evaluating Sewage-Associated JCV and BKV Polyomaviruses for Sourcing Human Fecal Pollut...
Journal of Environmental Quality
January 2010
Prevalence and occurrence of zoonotic bacterial pathogens in surface waters determined ...
Water Research
November 2009
Evaluation of multiple sewage-associated Bacteroides PCR markers for sewage pollution t...
Water Research
November 2009
Comparison of molecular markers to detect fresh sewage in environmental waters
Water Research
November 2009
Comment on “Environmental Occurrence of the Enterococcal Surface Protein ( esp ) Gene ...
Environmental Science & Technology
August 2009
A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for quantitative detection of the human-spe...
Environmental Microbiology
December 2008
Detection and source identification of faecal pollution in non-sewered catchment by mea...
Water Science & Technology
August 2008
Population similarity analysis of indicator bacteria for source prediction of faecal po...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
August 2008
Phenotypic variations of enterococci in surface waters: analysis of biochemical fingerp...
Journal of Applied Microbiology
August 2008
Real-Time PCR Detection of Pathogenic Microorganisms in Roof-Harvested Rainwater in Sou...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
July 2008
Evaluation of the Host-Specificity and Prevalence of Enterococci Surface Protein () Mar...
Journal of Environmental Quality
January 2008
Evaluation of Bacteroides markers for the detection of human faecal pollution
Letters in Applied Microbiology
November 2007
Sourcing faecal pollution: A combination of library-dependent and library-independent m...
Water Research
August 2007
Detection of virulence genes in Escherichia coli of an existing metabolic fingerprint d...
Water Research
August 2007
Comparison of the efficacy of an existing versus a locally developed metabolic fingerpr...
Water Research
July 2006
Population similarity of enterococci and Escherichia coli in surface waters: A predicti...
Journal of Water and Health
April 2006
Host Species-Specific Metabolic Fingerprint Database for Enterococci and Escherichia co...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
August 2005
Evidence of septic system failure determined by a bacterial biochemical fingerprinting ...
Journal of Applied Microbiology
April 2005
