Kata Farkas

Kata’s research focuses on waterborne enteric viruses, which cause gastrointestinal illness. She studies how these viruses are transported and how long they pose a public health threat, especially in developing regions. She is also interested in the effect of urbanisation and climate change on the diversity of human and animal viruses in the aquatic environment.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has been working on wastewater-based epidemiology and eNA solutions utilising the One Health approach to provide tracking and early warning for human and zoonotic diseases, including SARS-CoV-2, polioviruses, influenza viruses, including H5N1 bird flu, and antimicrobial resistant pathogens. View her project website (Viraqua.uk) for more details.