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Dr Kata Farkas

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ORCID: 0000-0002-7068-3228

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Environment Centre Wales

School of Environmental and Natural Sciences

Bangor University

Bangor LL57 2UW, UK

Phone: +44 (0) 1248 382615

Email: k.farkas@bangor.ac.uk

 

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  1. Simultaneous detection and characterization of common respiratory pathogens in wastewater through genomic sequencing

    Williams, R. C., Farkas, K., Garcia-Delgado, A., Adwan, L., Kevill, J. L., Cross, G., Weightman, A. J. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2024, In: Water research. 256, 121612.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  2. Published

    Examining the stability of viral RNA and DNA in wastewater: Effects of storage time, temperature, and freeze-thaw cycles

    Williams, R. C., Perry, W. B., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Futcher, B., Pellett, C., Richardson-O'Neill, I., Paterson, S., Grimsley, J. M. S., Wade, M. J., Weightman, A. J., Farkas, K. & Jones, D. L., 1 Aug 2024, In: Water research. 259, p. 121879

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  3. Published

    Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom national COVID-19 surveillance programmes

    Wade, M. J., Lo Jacomo, A., Armenise, E., Brown, M. R., Bunce, J. T., Cameron, G. J., Fang, Z., Farkas, K., Gilpin, D. F., Graham, D. W., Grimsley, J. M. S., Hart, A., Hoffmann, T., Jackson, K. J., Jones, D. L., Lilley, C. J., McGrath, J. W., McKinley, J. M., McSparron, C., Nejad, B. F., Morvan, M., Quintela-Baluja, M., Roberts, A. M. I., Singer, A. C., Souque, C., Speight, V. L., Sweetapple, C., Walker, D., Watts, G., Weightman, A. & Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., 15 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 424, Pt B, 127456.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  4. Published

    Identification of an avian polyomavirus associated with Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

    Varsani, A., Porzig, E. L., Jennnings, S., Kraberger, S., Farkas, K., Julian, L., Massaro, M., Ballard, G. & Ainley, D. G., 1 Apr 2015, In: Journal of General Virology. 96, p. 851-857

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5. Published

    Fish polyomaviruses belong to two distinct evolutionary lineages

    Van Doorslaer, K., Kraberger, S., Austin, C., Farkas, K., Bergeman, M., Paunil, E., Davison, W. & Varsani, A., 8 Mar 2018, In: Journal of General Virology. 99, 4, p. 567-573

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  6. Genome sequences of a capulavirus infecting Plantago lanceolata in the Åland archipelago of Finland

    Susi, H., Laine, A.-L., Filloux, D., Kraberger, S., Farkas, K., Bernardo, P., Frilander, M. J., Martin, D. P., Varsani, A. & Roumagnac, P., 1 Jul 2017, In: Archives of Virology. 162, 7, p. 2041-2045

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  7. Published

    Genome sequence of a diverse goose circovirus recovered from greylag goose

    Stenzel, T., Farkas, K. & Varsani, A., 30 Jul 2015, In: Genome Announcements. 3, 4, e00767-15.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  8. Published

    Metagenomics unveils the role of hospitals and wastewater treatment plants on the environmental burden of antibiotic resistance genes and opportunistic pathogens

    Silvester, R., Perry, W. B., Webster, G., Rushton, L., Baldwin, A., Pass, D. A., Healey, N., Farkas, K., Craine, N., Cross, G., Kille, P. & Weightman, A. J., 20 Jan 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 961, 178403.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  9. Published

    A peek into hospital poo: Tracking pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

    Silvester, R., Perry, W. B., Webster, G., Rushton, L., Baldwin, A., Pass, D. A., Byrnes, N., Kille, P., Farkas, K., Horden, B. K., Weightman, A. J., Jones, G. & Jones, D. L., 30 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 39, Supplement, p. 11 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  10. Published

    Viral dispersal in the coastal zone: A method to quantify water quality risk

    Robins, P., Farkas, K., Jones, D. L., Cooper, D. & Malham, S., May 2019, In: Environment International. 126, p. 430-442

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  11. Published

    Research needs for optimising wastewater-based epidemiology monitoring for public health protection

    Robins, K., Leonard, A. F. C., Farkas, K., Graham, D. W., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Bunce, J. T., Grimsley, J. M. S., Wade, M. J., Zealand, A. M., McIntyre-Nolan, S. & Jones, D. L., 1 Sept 2022, In: Journal of Water and Health. 20, 9, p. 1284-1313

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  12. Detection and genotype analysis of Giardia duodenalis from asymptomatic Hungarian inhabitants and comparative findings in three distinct locations

    Plutzer, J., Torokne, A., Szenasi, Z., Kucsera, I., Farkas, K. & Karanis, P., Mar 2014, In: Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica. 61, 1, p. 19-26

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  13. Published

    Multi-factor normalisation of viral counts from wastewater improves the detection accuracy of viral disease in the community

    Pellett, C., Farkas, K., Williams, R., Wade, M. J., Weightman, A. J., Jameson, E., Cross, G. & Jones, D. L., 5 Nov 2024, In: Environmental Technology & Innovation. 36, 103720.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  14. Published

    Attenuation and transport of human enteric viruses and bacteriophage MS2 in alluvial sand and gravel aquifer media-laboratory studies

    Pang, L., Farkas, K., Lin, S., Hewitt, J., Premaratne, A. & Close, M., 15 May 2021, In: Water research. 196, 117051.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  15. Tracking effluent discharges in undisturbed stony soil and alluvial gravel aquifer using synthetic DNA tracers

    Pang, L., Robson, B., Farkas, K., McGill, E., Varsani, A., Gillot, L., Li, J. & Abraham, P., 15 Aug 2017, In: Science of the Total Environment. 592, p. 144-152

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  16. Published

    Mimicking filtration and transport of rotavirus and adenovirus in sand media using DNA-labeled, protein-coated silica nanoparticles

    Pang, L., Farkas, K., Bennett, G., Varsani, A., Easingwood, R., Tilley, R., Nowostawska, U. & Lin, S., 1 Oct 2014, In: Water Research. 62, p. 167-179

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17. E-pub ahead of print

    Analysis Insights to Support the Use of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Data for Infectious Diseases and Pandemic Preparedness

    O'Reilly, K., Wade, M., Farkas, K., Amman, F., Lison, A., Munday, J., Bingham, J., Mthombothi, Z., Fang, Z., Brown, C., Kao, R. & Danon, L., 1 Jun 2025, In: Epidemics. 51, 100825.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  18. Published

    Multi-scale influences on Escherichia coli concentrations in shellfish: From catchment to estuary

    Malham, S., Taft, H., Farkas, K., Ladd, C., Seymour, M., Robins, P., Jones, D. L., McDonald, J., Le Vay, L. & Jones, L., 1 Feb 2025, In: Environmental Pollution. 125476.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  19. Published

    Seasonal and spatial dynamics of enteric viruses in wastewater and in riverine and estuarine receiving waters

    Malham, S., Farkas, K., McDonald, J., Jones, D. L., Cooper, D. & de Rougemont, A., 1 Sept 2018, In: Science of the Total Environment. 634, p. 1174 1183 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  20. Published

    Genomoviruses associated with mountain and western pine beetles

    Kraberger, S., Hofstetter, R. W., Potter, K. A., Farkas, K. & Varsani, A., 2 Sept 2018, In: Virus Research. 256, p. 17-20

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  21. Identification of novel Bromus- and Trifolium-associated circular DNA viruses

    Kraberger, S., Farkas, K., Bernardo, P., Booke, C., Argüello-Astorga, G. R., Mesléard, F., Martin, D. P., Roumagnac, P. & Varsani, A., May 2015, In: Archives of Virology. 160, 5, p. 1303-1311

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  22. Published

    National-scale antimicrobial resistance surveillance in wastewater: A comparative analysis of HT qPCR and metagenomic approaches

    Knight, M. E., Webster, G., Perry, W. B., Baldwin, A., Rushton, L., Pass, D. A., Cross, G., Durance, I., Muziasari, W., Kille, P., Farkas, K., Weightman, A. J. & Jones, D. L., 15 Sept 2024, In: Water research. 262, p. 121989

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  23. Published

    A comparison of precipitation and filtration-based SARS-CoV-2 recovery methods and the influence of temperature, turbidity, and surfactant load in urban wastewater

    Kevill, J. L., Pellett, C., Farkas, K., Brown, M. R., Bassano, I., Denise, H., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., Porter, J., Warren, J., Evens, N. P., Paterson, S., Singer, A. C. & Jones, D. L., 20 Feb 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 808, 151916.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  24. E-pub ahead of print

    Comparative impact of sunlight and salinity on human pathogenic virus survival in river, estuarine, and marine water microcosms

    Kevill, J., Herridge, K., Li, X., Farkas, K., Malham, S., Robins, P. & Jones, D. L., 15 Jun 2025, In: Water Research. 278, 123411, 123411.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  25. E-pub ahead of print

    Evaluation of Three Viral Capsid Integrity qPCR Methods for Wastewater-Based Viral Surveillance

    Kevill, J., Farkas, K., Herridge, K., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 6 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Food and Environmental Virology. 17, 12, 12.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  26. Published

    Use of Capsid Integrity-qPCR for Detecting Viral Capsid Integrity in Wastewater

    Kevill, J. L., Farkas, K., Ridding, N., Woodhall, N., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 26 Dec 2023, In: Viruses. 16, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  27. Published

    Microcosm experiment investigating climate-induced thermal effects on human virus viability in seawater: qPCR vs capsid integrity for enhanced risk management

    Kevill, J., Li, X., Garcia-Delgado, A., Herridge, K., Farkas, K., Gaze, W. H., Robins, P., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 1 Nov 2024, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 208, 117006.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  28. Published

    Assessment of two types of passive sampler for the efficient recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses from wastewater

    Kevill, J. L., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Pellett, C., Woodhall, N., Richardson-O'Neill, I., Pantea, I., Alex-Sanders, N., Farkas, K. & Jones, D. L., 10 Sept 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 838, 4, 156580.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  29. Published

    Multi-biomarker approach for estimating population size in a national-scale wastewater-based epidemiology study

    Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Jagadeesan, K., Sims, N., Farkas, K., Proctor, K., Bagnall, J., Robertson, M., Jones, D. L. & Wade, M. J., 1 Jan 2025, In: Water research. 268, Pt A, p. 122527

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  30. Published

    Wastewater-based epidemiology for comprehensive community health diagnostics in a national surveillance study: Mining biochemical markers in wastewater

    Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Sims, N., Farkas, K., Jagadeesan, K., Proctor, K., Wade, M. J. & Jones, D. L., 15 May 2023, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 450, 1 p., 130989.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  31. Published

    Genome sequences of Beet curly top Iran virus, Oat dwarf virus, Turnip curly top virus, and wheat dwarf virus identified in leafhoppers

    Kamali, M., Heydarnejad, J., Pouramini, N., Masumi, H., Farkas, K., Kraberger, S. & Varsani, A., 23 Feb 2017, In: Genome Announcements. 5, 8, e01674-16.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  32. Published

    Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and urine and its potential role in person-to-person transmission and the environment-based spread of COVID-19

    Jones, D. L., Baluja, M. Q., Graham, D. W., Corbishley, A., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., Hillary, L. S., Connor, T. R., Gaze, W. H., Moura, I. B., Wilcox, M. H. & Farkas, K., 20 Dec 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 749, 141364.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  33. Published

    Poor air passenger knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms and behaviour undermines strategies aimed at preventing the import of SARS-CoV-2 into the UK

    Jones, D. L., Rhymes, J., Green, E., Rimmer, C., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Weightman, A. & Farkas, K., 1 Mar 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 3494.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  34. Published

    Suitability of aircraft wastewater for pathogen detection and public health surveillance

    Jones, D. L., Rhymes, J., Wade, M. J., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Grimsley, J. M. S., Rimmer, C., Weightman, A. & Farkas, K., 15 Jan 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 856, Pt 2, p. 159162 159162.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  35. Published

    Use of wastewater from passenger ships to assess the movement of COVID-19 and other pathogenic viruses across maritime international boundaries

    Jones, D. L., Bridgman, M., Pellett, C., Weightman, A. J., Kille, P., García Delgado, Á., Cross, G., Cobley, S., Howard-Jones, H., Chadwick, D. R. & Farkas, K., 15 Jul 2024, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, p. 1377996

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  36. Published

    Critical Evaluation of Different Passive Sampler Materials and Approaches for the Recovery of SARS-CoV-2, Faecal-Indicator Viruses and Bacteria from Wastewater

    Jones, D. L., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kevill, J. L., Williams, R., Pellett, C., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Singer, A. C., Williams, G. B., Bargiela, R., Brown, R. W., Agency, U. & Farkas, K., 6 Nov 2022, In: Water. 14, 21, 3568.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  37. Published

    Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater to evaluate the success of lockdown measures for controlling COVID-19 in the UK

    Hillary, L. S., Farkas, K., Maher, K. H., Lucaci, A., Thorpe, J., Distaso, M. A., Gaze, W. H., Paterson, S., Burke, T., Connor, T. R., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 15 Jul 2021, In: Water Research. 200, p. 117214 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  38. Published

    Abundance and Distribution of Enteric Bacteria and Viruses in Coastal and Estuarine Sediments—a Review

    Hassard, F., Gwyther, C. L., Farkas, K., Andrews, A., Jones, V., Cox, B., Brett, H., Jones, D., McDonald, J. & Malham, S., 1 Nov 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  39. Published

    Site Specific Relationships between COVID-19 Cases and SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent

    Fitzgerald, S. F., Rossi, G., Low, A. S., McAteer, S. P., O'Keefe, B., Findlay, D., Cameron, G. J., Pollard, P., Singleton, P. T. R., Ponton, G., Singer, A. C., Farkas, K., Jones, D. L., Graham, D. W., Quintela-Baluja, M., Tait-Burkard, C., Gally, D. L., Kao, R. & Corbishley, A., 16 Nov 2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 22, p. 15276-15286 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  40. Published

    Critical Evaluation of CrAssphage as a Molecular Marker for Human-Derived Wastewater Contamination in the Aquatic Environment

    Farkas, K., Adriaenssens, E. M., Walker, D. I., McDonald, J., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2019, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 11, 2, p. 113-119

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  41. Published

    Viral indicators for tracking domestic wastewater contamination in the aquatic environment

    Farkas, K., Walker, D., Adriaenssens, E., McDonald, J., Hillary, L., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 15 Aug 2020, In: Water Research. 181, 115926.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  42. Published

    Emerging technologies for the rapid detection of enteric viruses in the aquatic environment

    Farkas, K., Mannion, F., Hillary, L., Malham, S. & Walker, D., Aug 2020, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 16, p. 1-6

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  43. Published

    Concentration and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater using polyethylene glycol-based concentration and qRT-PCR

    Farkas, K., Hillary, L., Thorpe, J., Walker, D., Lowther, J. A., McDonald, J., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 23 Feb 2021, In: Methods and Protocols. 4, 1, 10 p., 17.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  44. Published

    Size exclusion-based purification and PCR-based quantitation of MS2 bacteriophage particles for environmental applications

    Farkas, K., Varsani, A., Marjoshi, D., Easingwood, R., McGill, E. & Pang, L., 1 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Virological Methods. p. 135-138

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  45. Near-source passive sampling for monitoring viral outbreaks within a university residential setting

    Farkas, K., Kevill, J. L., Adwan, L., Garcia-Delgado, A., Dzay, R., Grimsley, J. M. S., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Wade, M. J., Williams, R. C., Martin, J., Drakesmith, M., Song, J., McClure, V. & Jones, D. L., 8 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Epidemiology and Infection. 152, p. e31

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  46. Published

    Diurnal changes in pathogenic and indicator virus concentrations in wastewater

    Farkas, K., Pântea, I., Woodhall, N., Williams, D., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Williams, R. C., Grimsley, J. M. S., Singer, A. C. & Jones, D. L., Dec 2023, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30, 59, p. 123785-123795 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  47. Published

    Wastewater-based monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 at UK airports and its potential role in international public health surveillance

    Farkas, K., Williams, R., Alex-Sanders, N., Grimsley, J. M. S., Pântea, I., Wade, M. J., Woodhall, N. & Jones, D. L., 19 Jan 2023, In: PLOS global public health. 3, 1, e0001346.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  48. Published

    Wastewater and public health: the potential of wastewater surveillance for monitoring COVID-19

    Farkas, K., Hillary, L., Malham, S., McDonald, J. & Jones, D. L., Oct 2020, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 17, p. 14-20 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  49. Published

    A Gel Filtration-Based Method for the Purification of Infectious Rotavirus Particles for Environmental Research Applications

    Farkas, K., Pang, L., Lin, S., Williamson, W., Easingwood, R., Fredericks, R., Jaffer, M. A. & Varsani, A., 1 Dec 2013, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 5, 4, p. 231-235

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  50. Published

    Assessment of wastewater derived pollution using viral monitoring in two estuaries

    Farkas, K., Mannion, F., Sorby, R., Winterbourn, B., Allender, S., Gregory, C. G. M., Holding, P., Thorpe, J. M., Malham, S. K. & Le Vay, L., 1 Mar 2024, In: Marine pollution bulletin. 200, 116081.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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