Wastewater-based analysis of antimicrobial resistance at UK airports: Evaluating the potential opportunities and challenges

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 195; p. 109260
• Main Authors: Knight, Margaret E., Farkas, Kata, Wade, Matthew, Webster, Gordon, Pass, Daniel A., Perry, William, Kille, Peter, Singer, Andrew, Jones, Davey L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2025; Elsevier
• Subjects: Africa; aircraft; Airports; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; Asia; Cross-border transmission; Drug Resistance, Bacterial - genetics; Drug Resistance, Microbial - genetics; environment; Environmental Monitoring; Europe; geography; Global biosecurity; metagenomics; monitoring; North America; One health; public health; Public health surveillance; Transboundary passenger movement; United Kingdom; wastewater; Wastewater - microbiology; Wastewater based epidemiology; wastewater treatment; United Kingdom; Asia; North America; Europe; Africa; AMR; Global biosecurity; HT-qPCR; MGE; NMDS; PERMANOVA; CT; Cross-border transmission; One health; Wastewater based epidemiology; WWTP; MLS; Public health surveillance; ARG; ESBL; WBE; Transboundary passenger movement; dbRDA

[Display omitted] •The resistome composition differed between airport terminals.•Flights from Asia carried more diverse resistomes than those from Europe.•Aircraft wastewater may introduce ARGs from global travellers into local systems.•Flight resistome clusters were not associated with geography.•A...