Aaron J. Hinz - Publications

Targeted metatranscriptomic detection of viruses from floors for simultaneous evaluation of respiratory disease burden and viral variant identification.

Journal: mSphere

Published: April 20, 2026

Sequencing and variant calling of SARS-CoV-2 from floor swabs: a potential tool for identifying emergent lineages.

Journal: Microbial genomics

Published: December 19, 2025

SARS-CoV-2 detection is independent of microbiome composition on surfaces in a major Ontario hospital.

Journal: PloS one

Published: May 29, 2025

City-wide built environment SARS-CoV-2 detection for COVID-19 surveillance.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Published: December 17, 2024

SARS-CoV-2 burden on the floor was associated with COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in two acute care hospitals: a prospective cohort study.

Journal: Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Published: September 20, 2024

Predicting COVID-19 Cases Across a Large University Campus Using Built Environment Surveillance.

Journal: Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada

Published: February 20, 2024

Detection of Covid-19 Outbreaks Using Built Environment Testing for SARS-CoV-2.

Journal: NEJM evidence

Published: February 06, 2024

Environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for COVID-19 outbreak detection in hospital: a single-centre prospective study.

Journal: Infection prevention in practice

Published: December 15, 2023

Unpredictability of the Fitness Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance Mutations Across Environments in Escherichia coli.

Journal: Molecular biology and evolution

Published: November 08, 2023

Locust gut epithelia do not become more permeable to fluorescent dextran and bacteria in the cold.

Journal: The Journal of experimental biology

Published: June 15, 2023

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in schools using built environment testing in Ottawa, Canada: A multi-facility prospective surveillance study.

Journal: PloS one

Published: April 30, 2023

The spatial and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 from the built environment of COVID-19 patient rooms: A multicentre prospective study.

Journal: PloS one

Published: November 24, 2022