Wastewater Surveillance of Microbial Pathogens in GCC Countries (2015–2025)

A scoping review and stakeholder survey assessing wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) studies across the Gulf Cooperation Council region from 2015 to 2025. The review identified 26 studies, primarily targeting antimicrobial resistance and SARS-CoV-2, and was authored by Bushra Alghamdi and published on figshare in 2026. The work highlights methodological variations and the underutilized potential of WBS for public health decision-making in the GCC.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking wastewater surveillance methodologies based on the review of 26 studies across six GCC countries.
• Identifying research gaps in quantitative microbial pathogen detection based on the described predominance of qualitative studies.
• Informing regional public health infrastructure planning based on the survey of stakeholder practices and recommendations for standardization.

Strengths

• The review covers a defined 10-year time range from 2015 to 2025.
• It synthesizes findings from 26 identified studies and includes stakeholder survey data.
• The dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 270.1 KB PDF document, which is a small, text-based report rather than a primary data collection.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the GCC region and temporal bias from the 2015–2025 review period.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Structured literature review following PRISMA guidelines and a stakeholder questionnaire.

Time Range

2015–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 05:47:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries