My research focuses on waterborne enteric viruses, which cause gastrointestinal illness. I study how these viruses are transported and how long they pose a public health threat, particularly in developing regions. I am also interested in how urbanization and climate change impact the diversity of human and animal viruses in aquatic environments.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been working on wastewater-based epidemiology and eNA solutions, utilizing the One Health approach to track and provide early warnings for human and zoonotic diseases. These include SARS-CoV-2, polioviruses, influenza viruses (such as H5N1 bird flu), and antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. For more details, visit our project website: viraqua.uk.

Researcher Development Concordat Group (RDCG)

I am also the school representative for Bangor University’s RDCG that discusses and recommends actions to support researchers’ professional development to reach teir full potential. We focus on:

• Research environment and culture
• Employment
• Development and wellbeing.

For more information and advice please contact me or visit the following links:

https://my.bangor.ac.uk/humanresources/staffdevelopment/researcherdevelopment/index.php.en

https://www.bangor.ac.uk/humanresources/concordat.php.en

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

• PGCert in HIgher Education Teaching and Learning
  2021
• PhD: Microbiology
  University of Canterbury, 2014
• MSc: Molecular genetics
  Eötvös Loránd University, 2007

- Human health-related water microbiology

- Environmental virology

- Enteric viruses

- Waterborne pathogens

- Water quality

- Shellfish hygiene

2025

• PublishedAnalysis 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
• PublishedComparative 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., 5 Mar 2025, In: Water Research. 278, 123411.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printEvaluation 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
• PublishedFlow-driven biomarker movement in gravitational sewers for wastewater-based epidemiology and public health monitoring
  Elliss, H., Kevill, J. L., Proctor, K., Farkas, K., Bailey, O., Shuttleworth, J., Jones, D. L. & Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., 31 Jul 2025, In: Water research. 287, Pt A, 124269.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGenome-resolved metagenomics uncovers antimicrobial resistance gene carriers in hospital and municipal wastewater environments
  Silvester, R., Webster, G., Perry, W. B., Farkas, K., Rushton, L., Craine, N., Cross, G., Kille, P., Weightman, A. J. & Jones, D. L., 1 Oct 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 1002, 180607.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHigh-throughput qPCR profiling of antimicrobial resistance genes and bacterial loads in wastewater and receiving environments
  Silvester, R., Woodhall, N., Nurmi, W., Muziasari, W., Farkas, K., Cross, G., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 15 May 2025, In: Environmental Pollution. 373, p. 126096
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedKnowledge discovery by analysis of community wastewater reveals factors driving public health risks
  Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Sims, N., Farkas, K., Wade, M. J. & Jones, D. L., 16 Aug 2025, In: Water research. 287, Pt A, 124370.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMetagenomic profiling of hospital wastewater: A comprehensive national scale analysis of antimicrobial resistance genes and opportunistic pathogens
  Silvester, R., Perry, W. B., Webster, G., Rushton, L., Baldwin, A., Pass, D. A., Byrnes, N. A., Farkas, K., Heginbotham, M., Craine, N., Cross, G., Kille, P., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Weightman, A. J. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2025, In: Journal of Infection. 90, 6, p. 106503
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMetagenomics 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
• E-pub ahead of printMonitoring of antimicrobial resistance genes and influenza viruses in avian-populated water bodies
  Farkas, K., Knight, M. E., Woodhall, N., Williams, R. C., Seerung, W., Silvester, R., Abbey, R., Wade, M. J., Cattarino, L., White, T. & Jones, D. L., 21 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainable Microbiology. 2, 2, qvaf013.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMulti-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
• PublishedMulti-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
• E-pub ahead of printNational-scale insights into AMR transmission along the wastewater-environment continuum
  Knight, M. E., Farkas, K., Kiss, A. & Jones, D. L., 5 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Water research. 282, 123603.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printPredicting norovirus contamination and antimicrobial resistance in coastal waters from community and hospital-derived sources
  Clough, T., Silvester, R., Kevill, J., Farkas, K., Malham, S., Cross, G., Robins, P. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jan 2026, In: Water Research. 288, Pt A, 124555.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printTowards ultra-sensitive and rapid near-source wastewater-based epidemiology
  Huang, D., Thomas DeCruz, A., Cherkaoui, D., Miller, B., Peiris, D., Hopgood, S., Kevill, J., Farkas, K., Williams, R., Jones, D. L. & McKendry, R. A., 1 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Communications. 16, 8158.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWastewater-based analysis of antimicrobial resistance at UK airports: Evaluating the potential opportunities and challenges
  Knight, M. E., Farkas, K., Wade, M., Webster, G., Pass, D. A., Perry, W., Kille, P., Singer, A. & Jones, D. L., 12 Jan 2025, In: Environment International. 195, p. 109260
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

• PublishedA 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
• PublishedAssessment 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
• E-pub ahead of printComparative assessment of Nanotrap and polyethylene glycol-based virus concentration in wastewater samples
  Farkas, K., Kevill, J. L., Williams, R. C., Pântea, I., Ridding, N., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Woodhall, N., Grimsley, J. M. S., Wade, M. J., Singer, A. C., Weightman, A. J., Cross, G. & Jones, D. L., 5 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: FEMS microbes. 5, xtae007.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEpidemiology of norovirus infection in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  Chigor, V. N., Digwo, D. C., Adediji, A., Chidebelu, P. E., Chigor, C. B., Ugwu, K. O., Ibangha, I.-A. I., Street, R. & Farkas, K., 7 Jun 2024, In: Archives of virology. 169, 7, 138.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedExamining 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
• PublishedHarnessing the Power of Next-Generation Sequencing in Wastewater-Based Epidemiology and Global Disease Surveillance
  Farkas, K., Williams, R. C., Hillary, L. S., Garcia-Delgado, A., Jameson, E., Kevill, J. L., Wade, M. J., Grimsley, J. M. S. & Jones, D. L., 30 Nov 2024, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 17, 1, 5.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• PublishedImplications of long-term sample storage on the recovery of viruses from wastewater and biobanking
  Farkas, K., Fletcher, J., Oxley, J., Ridding, N., Williams, R. C., Woodhall, N., Weightman, A. J., Cross, G. & Jones, D. L., 1 Nov 2024, In: Water research. 265, p. 122209
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMicrocosm 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
• PublishedMulti-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
• PublishedNational-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
• E-pub ahead of printNear-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
• PublishedSimultaneous 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
• PublishedUse 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

2023

• PublishedAssessment of the aetiology of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in infants reveals rotavirus, noroviruses and adenovirus prevalence and viral coinfections in Nsukka, Nigeria
  Chigor, V. N., Chidebelu, P. E., Digwo, D. C., Chigor, C. B., Nwagwu, A. U., Udeh, O. S., Oguonu, C. I., Dibua, M.-E. U. & Farkas, K., 13 May 2023, In: Virusdisease. 34, 2, p. 297-306 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDevelopment and validation of a duplex RT-qPCR assay for norovirus quantification in wastewater samples
  Alex-Sanders, N., Woodhall, N., Farkas, K., Scott, G., Jones, D. L. & Walker, D. I., 1 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Virological Methods. 321, 114804.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDiurnal 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
• PublishedDiverse Microvirus Genomes Identified in the Stomach of a Sharp-Spined Notothen (Trematomus pennellii) from the Ross Sea (East Antarctica)
  Lopez, J. K. M., Austin, C., Farkas, K., Kraberger, S., Davison, W. & Varsani, A., Feb 2023, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 12, 2, e01233-22.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPoor 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
• PublishedPrevalence and relative risk of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children under five years in Nigeria: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Digwo, D., Chidebelu, P., Ugwu, K., Adediji, A., Farkas, K. & Chigor, V., Feb 2023, In: Pathogens and Global Health. 117, 1, p. 24-35 12 p., 2043223.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRapid Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Variant-Associated Mutations in Wastewater Using Real-Time RT-PCR
  Farkas, K., Pellett, C., Williams, R., Alex-Sanders, N., Bassano, I., Brown, M. R., Denise, H., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kevill, J. L., Khalifa, M. S., Pântea, I., Story, R., Wade, M. J., Woodhall, N. & Jones, D. L., 14 Feb 2023, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 11, 1, e0317722.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSuitability 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
• PublishedUse 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
• PublishedWastewater-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
• PublishedWastewater-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

2022

• PublishedA 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
• PublishedAssessment 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
• PublishedCity-wide wastewater genomic surveillance through the successive emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants
  Brunner, F. S., Brown, M. R., Bassano, I., Denise, H., Khalifa, M. S., Wade, M. J., van Aerle, R., Kevill, J. L., Jones, D. L., Farkas, K., Jeffries, A. R., Cairns, E., Wierzbicki, C. & Paterson, S., 1 Nov 2022, In: Water research. 226, 119306.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedComparative Assessment of Filtration- and Precipitation-Based Methods for the Concentration of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viruses from Wastewater
  Farkas, K., Pellett, C., Alex-Sanders, N., Bridgman, M. T. P., Corbishley, A., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Kevill, J. L., Pantea, I., Richardson-O'Neill, I. S., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Woodhall, N. & Jones, D. L., 31 Aug 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 4, 16 p., spectrum.01102-22.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCritical 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
• PublishedResearch 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
• PublishedUnderstanding 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. & 11 others, 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

2021

• PublishedAttenuation 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
• PublishedConcentration 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
• PublishedConcentration and Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater Using Polyethylene Glycol-Based Concentration and qRT-PCR.(vol 4, 17, 2021)
  Farkas, K., Hillary, L. S., Thorpe, J., Walker, D. I., Lowther, J. A., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 12 Nov 2021, In: Methods and Protocols. 4, 4
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInvestigating awareness, fear and control associated with norovirus and other pathogens and pollutants using best–worst scaling
  Farkas, K., Green, E., Rigby, D., Cross, P., Tyrrel, S., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 27 May 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 11 p., 11194.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMonitoring 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
• PublishedSite 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
• PublishedTracing the fate of wastewater viruses reveals catchment-scale virome diversity and connectivity
  Adriaenssens, E. M., Farkas, K., McDonald, J. E., Jones, D. L., Allison, H. E. & McCarthy, A. J., 15 Sept 2021, In: Water Research. 203
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedComparison of virus concentration methods for the RT-qPCR-based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from untreated wastewater
  Ahmed, W., Bertsch, P., Bivins, A., Bibby, K., Farkas, K., Gathercole, A., Haramoto, E., Gyawali, P., Korajkic, A., McMinn, B., Mueller, J., Simpson, S., Smith, W., Symonds, E., Thomas, K., Verhagen, R. & Kitajima, M., 15 Oct 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 739, 139960.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEmerging 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
• PublishedShedding 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
• PublishedViral 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
• PublishedWastewater 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
• PublishedWastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19
  Bivins, A., North, D., Ahmad, A., Ahmed, W., Alm, E., Been, F., Bhattacharya, P., Bijlsma, L., Boehm, A. B., Brown, J., Buttiglieri, G., Calabro, V., Carducci, A., Castiglioni, S., Gurol, Z. C., Chakraborty, S., Costa, F., Curcio, S., de los Reyes, F. L. ,. I. & Vela, J. D. & 40 others, Farkas, K., Fernandez-Casi, X., Gerba, C., Gerrity, D., Girones, R., Gonzalez, R., Haramoto, E., Harris, A., Holden, P. A., Islam, M. T., Jones, D. L., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Kitajima, M., Kotlarz, N., Kumar, M., Kuroda, K., La Rosa, G., Malpei, F., Mautus, M., McLellan, S. L., Medema, G., Meschke, J. S., Mueller, J., Newton, R. J., Nilsson, D., Noble, R. T., van Nuijs, A., Peccia, J., Perkins, T. A., Pickering, A. J., Rose, J., Sanchez, G., Smith, A., Stadler, L., Stauber, C., Thomas, K., van der Voorn, T., Wigginton, K., Zhu, K. & Bibby, K., 7 Jul 2020, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 54, 13, p. 7754-7757
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

2019

• PublishedCritical 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
• PublishedViral 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

2018

• PublishedFish 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
• PublishedGenomoviruses 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
• PublishedSeasonal and diurnal surveillance of treated and untreated wastewater for human enteric viruses
  Farkas, K., Marshall, M., Cooper, D., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., Peters, D. E., Maloney, J. D. & Jones, D. L., Nov 2018, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25, 33, p. 33391-33401
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSeasonal 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
• PublishedTwo-Step Concentration of Complex Water Samples for the Detection of Viruses
  Farkas, K., McDonald, J., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 10 Sept 2018, In: Methods and Protocols. 1, 3, 35.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedViromic Analysis of Wastewater Input to a River Catchment Reveals a Diverse Assemblage of RNA Viruses
  Adriaenssens, E. M., Farkas, K., Harrison, C., Jones, D. L., Allison, H. E. & McCarthy, A., 22 May 2018, In: mSystems. 3, 3, e00025-18.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedEvaluation of Molecular Methods for the Detection and Quantification of Pathogen-Derived Nucleic Acids in Sediment
  Farkas, K., Hassard, F., McDonald, J., Malham, S. & Jones, D., 24 Jan 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 6, p. 1-12 53.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvaluation of Two Triplex One-Step qRT-PCR Assays for the Quantification of Human Enteric Viruses in Environmental Samples
  Farkas, K., Peters, D. E., McDonald, J., de Rougemont, A., Malham, S. & Jones, D., Sept 2017, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 9, 3, p. 342-349
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGenome 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
• PublishedGenome 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
• PublishedTracking 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

2016

• PublishedAbundance 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
• PublishedMolecular characterization and prevalence of two capulaviruses: Alfalfa leaf curl virus from France and Euphorbia caput-medusae latent virus from South Africa
  Bernardo, P., Muhire, B., Francois, S., Deshoux, M., Hartnady, P., Farkas, K., Kraberger, S., Filloux, D., Fernandez, E., Galzi, S., Ferdinand, R., Granier, M., Marais, A., Blasco, P. M., Candresse, T., Escriu, F., Varsani, A., Harkins, G. W., Martin, D. P. & Roumagnac, P., 1 Jun 2016, In: Virology. 493, p. 142-153
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe ancient evolutionary history of polyomaviruses
  Buck, C. B., Van Doorslaer, K., Peretti, A., Geoghegan, E. M., Tisza, M. J., An, P., Katz, J. P., Pipas, J. M., McBride, A. A., Camus, A. C., McDermott, A. J., Dill, J. A., Delwart, E., Ng, T. F. F., Farkas, K., Austin, C., Kraberger, S., Davison, W., Pastrana, F. V. & Varsani, A., 19 Apr 2016, In: PLoS Pathogens. 12, 4, e1005574.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedAdsorption of Rotavirus, MS2 Bacteriophage and Surface-Modified Silica Nanoparticles to Hydrophobic Matter
  Farkas, K., Pang, L. & Varsani, A., 1 Sept 2015, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 7, 3, p. 261-268
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGenome 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
• PublishedIdentification 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
• PublishedIdentification 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
• PublishedSerological responses to Cryptosporidium antigens in inhabitants of Hungary using conventionally filtered surface water and riverbank filtered drinking water
  Farkas, K., Plutzer, J., Moltchanova, E., Torokne, A., Varro, M. J., Domokos, K., Frost, F. & Hunter, P. R., Oct 2015, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 143, 13, p. 2743-2747
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSize 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

2014

• PublishedDetection 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
• PublishedMimicking 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

2013

• PublishedA 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

• Pathogen detection in Modiolus samples for NRW

  11/12/2023 – 27/06/2024 (Finished)

• Environmental infectivity of SARS-CoV-2: COVID-19 call

  01/09/2020 – 30/06/2021 (Finished)

Fate of human pathogenic viruses in the environment (2015-2018): http://www.viraqua.uk/

Grant writing fellowship (2018)