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Overview

Simon Toze is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Dietetics, Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, and General Health Professions.

The research topics frequently addressed by Simon Toze include:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Simon Toze has contributed to several publications across various well-known scientific venues. These include:

  • Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Comparative decay of culturable faecal indicator bacteria, microbial source tracking marker genes, and enteric pathogens in laboratory microcosms that mimic a sub-tropical environment, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Prevalence of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes in the biofilms from an aquifer recharged with stormwater, 2020, Water Research
  • Minimizing Errors in RT-PCR Detection and Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for Wastewater Surveillance, 2021, Preprints.org
  • Lessons from 10 Years of Experience with Australia's Risk-Based Guidelines for Managed Aquifer Recharge, 2020, Water

Regular publication venues for Simon Toze include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water
  • Water Research
  • Preprints.org
  • PLoS ONE

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Warish Ahmed
  • Michael J. Sadowsky
  • Jatinder Sidhu
  • Stuart L. Simpson
  • Paul M. Bertsch

Best Publications

  • Reuse of effluent water—benefits and risks

    Simon Toze

  • Evolutionary relationships among ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

    A Teske;E Alm;J M Regan;S Toze

  • PCR AND THE DETECTION OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENS IN WATER AND WASTEWATER

    Simon Toze

  • Human pathogens and their indicators in biosolids: a literature review.

    Jatinder P S Sidhu;Simon G Toze

  • Salmonella in surface and drinking water: Occurrence and water-mediated transmission

    Caterina Levantesi;Lucia Bonadonna;Rossella Briancesco;Elisabeth Grohmann

  • Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance

    Warish Ahmed;Stuart L. Simpson;Paul M. Bertsch;Kyle Bibby

  • Prevalence of Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Surface Water Samples Collected from Germany and Australia

    C. Stoll;J. P. S. Sidhu;J. P. S. Sidhu;A. Tiehm;S. Toze;S. Toze

  • Microbiological quality of roof-harvested rainwater and health risks: a review.

    W. Ahmed;T. Gardner;S. Toze

  • Sewage pollution in urban stormwater runoff as evident from the widespread presence of multiple microbial and chemical source tracking markers

    Jatinder Sidhu;Warish Ahmed;Warish Ahmed;Wolfgang Gernjak;Rupak Aryal;Rupak Aryal

  • Comparative removal of antibiotic resistance genes during chlorination, ozonation, and UV treatment

    C. Stange;J.P.S. Sidhu;S. Toze;A. Tiehm

  • Water reuse and health risks — real vs. perceived

    S. Toze

  • Prevalence of human pathogens and indicators in stormwater runoff in Brisbane, Australia

    J.P.S. Sidhu;L. Hodgers;W. Ahmed;W. Ahmed;M.N. Chong

  • A review on microbial contaminants in stormwater runoff and outfalls: Potential health risks and mitigation strategies.

    Warish Ahmed;Kerry Hamilton;Simon Toze;Stephen Cook

  • Comparison of concentration methods for quantitative detection of sewage-associated viral markers in environmental waters.

    W. Ahmed;W. Ahmed;V. J. Harwood;P. Gyawali;P. Gyawali;J. P. S. Sidhu;J. P. S. Sidhu;J. P. S. Sidhu

  • Managed aquifer recharge of treated wastewater: water quality changes resulting from infiltration through the vadose zone.

    Elise Bekele;Simon Toze;Simon Toze;Bradley Patterson;Bradley Patterson;Simon Higginson

  • Water quality assessment using the AREc32 reporter gene assay indicative of the oxidative stress response pathway

    Beate I. Escher;Mriga Dutt;Erin Maylin;Janet Y. M. Tang

  • Role of aquifer storage in water reuse

    Peter Dillon;Paul Pavelic;Simon Toze;Stephanie Rinck-Pfeiffer

  • Bioanalytical tools for the evaluation of organic micropollutants during sewage treatment, water recycling and drinking water generation.

    Miroslava Macova;Simon Toze;Simon Toze;Leonie Hodgers;Jochen F. Mueller

  • Fecal Indicators and Zoonotic Pathogens in Household Drinking Water Taps Fed from Rainwater Tanks in Southeast Queensland, Australia

    W. Ahmed;L. Hodgers;J. P. S. Sidhu;J. P. S. Sidhu;S. Toze;S. Toze

  • Influence of groundwater characteristics on the survival of enteric viruses.

    C. Gordon;C. Gordon;Simon Toze

  • The Biogeography and Phylogeny of Unicellular Cyanobacterial Symbionts in Sponges from Australia and the Mediterranean

    K.M. Usher;J. Fromont;David Sutton;Simon Toze

Frequent Co-Authors

Warish Ahmed
Warish Ahmed Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Charles N. Haas
Charles N. Haas Drexel University
Meng Nan Chong
Meng Nan Chong Monash University Malaysia
Wolfgang Gernjak
Wolfgang Gernjak Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
John Kuo
John Kuo University of Western Australia
Michael J. Sadowsky
Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota
Paul Pavelic
Paul Pavelic International Water Management Institute
Rai S. Kookana
Rai S. Kookana Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jochen F. Mueller
Jochen F. Mueller University of Queensland

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