Ana Rita Varela

Solar photo-Fenton process on the abatement of antibiotics at a pilot scale: Degradation kinetics, ecotoxicity and phytotoxicity assessment and removal of antibiotic resistant enterococci

Evroula Hapeshi, C. Michael, Ana Rita Varela et al. · Water Research · 2012 · 189 citations · Full text

Advanced Oxidation Process, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +13

Insights into the relationship between antimicrobial residues and bacterial populations in a hospital-urban wastewater treatment plant system

Ana Rita Varela, Sandra André, Olga C. Nunes et al. · Water Research · 2014 · 138 citations

Antimicrobial Residues, Engineering, Antibiotics +14

Quinolone resistant Aeromonas spp. as carriers and potential tracers of acquired antibiotic resistance in hospital and municipal wastewater

Ana Rita Varela, Olga C. Nunes, Célia M. Manaia · The Science of The Total Environment · 2015 · 124 citations

Antimicrobial Resistance Gene, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Antibiotics +11

blaTEM and vanA as indicator genes of antibiotic resistance contamination in a hospital–urban wastewater treatment plant system

Carlos Narciso‐da‐Rocha, Ana Rita Varela, Thomas Schwartz et al. · Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance · 2014 · 122 citations · Full text

Antimicrobial Resistance Gene, Engineering, Antimicrobial Susceptibility +14

Vancomycin resistant enterococci: From the hospital effluent to the urban wastewater treatment plant

Ana Rita Varela, Giovanna Ferro, Jana Vredenburg et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 2013 · 121 citations

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci, Hospital Effluent, Antimicrobial Susceptibility +10