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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Simultaneous and synergistic effect of heavy metal adsorption on the enhanced photocatalytic performance of a visible-light-driven RS-TONR/TNT composite

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 13 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Love Kumar Dhandole, Su-Gyeong Kim, Ho-Sub Bae, Hyeon Ih Ryu, Hee-Suk Chung, Young-Seok Seo, Min Cho, Patrick J. Shea, Jum Suk Jang

      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Exploring the associations of serum concentrations of PCBs, PCDDs, and PCDFs with walking speed in the U.S. general population: Beyond standard linear models

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Cheng Xu, Xiaoqi Su, Yang Xu, Siyu Ma, Weiwei Duan, Xuming Mo

      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Mercury speciation in preserved historical sludge: Potential risk from sludge contained within reclaimed land of Minamata Bay, Japan

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Mineshi Sakamoto, Takaaki Itai, Kohji Marumoto, Masumi Marumoto, Hitoshi Kodamatani, Takashi Tomiyasu, Hiromitsu Nagasaka, Keisuke Mori, Alexandre J. Poulain, José L. Domingo, Milena Horvat, Akito Matsuyama

      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Association between early lead exposure and externalizing behaviors in adolescence: A developmental cascade

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 19 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Mireille Desrochers-Couture, Yohann Courtemanche, Nadine Forget-Dubois, Richard E. Bélanger, Olivier Boucher, Pierre Ayotte, Sylvaine Cordier, Joseph L. Jacobson, Sandra W. Jacobson, Gina Muckle

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Integrated exposure assessment of northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestlings to legacy and emerging organic pollutants using non-destructive samples

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 19 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Nathalie Briels, Lene Norstrand Torgersen, Jose Maria Castaño-Ortiz, Mari Engvig Løseth, Dorte Herzke, Torgeir Nygård, Jan Ove Bustnes, Tomasz Maciej Ciesielski, Giulia Poma, Govindan Malarvannan, Adrian Covaci, Veerle Leontina Bernard Jaspers

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. Early life and adolescent arsenic exposure from drinking water and blood pressure in adolescence

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 20 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Yu Chen, Fen Wu, Xinhua Liu, Faruque Parvez, Nancy J. LoIacono, Elizabeth A. Gibson, Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Diane Levy, Hasan Shahriar, Mohammed Nasir Uddin, Taruqul Islam, Angela Lomax, Roheeni Saxena, Tiffany Sanchez, David Santiago, Tyler Ellis, Habibul Ahsan, Gail A. Wasserman, Joseph H. Graziano

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Exposure to chlorpyrifos at different ages triggers APOE genotype-specific responses in social behavior, body weight and hypothalamic gene expression

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 23 August 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Pia Basaure, Laia Guardia-Escote, Judit Biosca-Brull, Jordi Blanco, María Cabré, Fiona Peris-Sampedro, Fernando Sánchez-Santed, José L. Domingo, Maria Teresa Colomina

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Commentary health risks from climate fix: The downside of energy storage batteries

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: November 2019

      Environmental Research, Volume 178

      Author(s): Perry Gottesfeld

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  9. `In situ inactivation of human norovirus GII.4 by cold plasma: Ethidium monoazide (EMA)-coupled RT-qPCR underestimates virus reduction and fecal material suppresses inactivation

    • Food Microbiology

    • Available online 22 August 2019

      Author(s): Hamada A. Aboubakr, Fernando Sampedro, James Collins, Peter Bruggeman, Sagar M. Goyal

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  10. Toxigenic potential and antimicrobial susceptibility of Bacillus cereus group bacteria isolated from Tunisian foodstuffs

    • BMC Microbiology

    • Despite the importance of the B. cereus group as major foodborne pathogens that may cause diarrheal and/or emetic syndrome(s), no study in Tunisia has been conducted in order to characterize the pathogenic potent...

      • Bacillus cereus

  11. Simultaneous detection of four protozoan parasites on leafy greens using a novel multiplex PCR assay

    • Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Karen Shapiro, Minji Kim, Veronica B. Rajal, Michael J. Arrowood, Andrea Packham, Beatriz Aguilar, Stefan Wuertz

      • Cyclospora cayetanensis
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Cyclospora cayetanensis
      • Parasites

  12. Investigation of the Presence of 22 Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Ginseng from Jilin Province, China

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 82, Issue 9, Page 1625-1629, September 2019.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Quantitative-structure-activity relationship study to predict the antifungal activity of essential oils against Fusarium verticillioides

    • Food Control

    • Available online 21 August 2019

      Author(s): Romina P. Pizzolitto, Andrés G. Jacquat, Virginia L. Usseglio, Fernanda Achimón, Alejandro E. Cuello, Julio A. Zygadlo, José S. Dambolena

  14. Snowflake-like gold nanoparticles as SERS substrates for the sensitive detection of organophosphorus pesticide residues

    • Food Control

    • Available online 21 August 2019

      Author(s): Dandan Huang, Jingchen Zhao, Minglin Wang, Shuhua Zhu

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  15. Preface

    • Food Control

    • Available online 21 August 2019

      Author(s):

  16. Effect of sodium chloride and chitosan on the inactivation of heat resistant or Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli during grilling of burger patties

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Available online 21 August 2019

      Author(s): Ziyi Hu, Alina Rohde, Lynn McMullen, Michael Gänzle

      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Characterization of potential probiotic bacteria from ‘panchamirtham’; A Southern Indian ethinic fermented fruit mix

    • LWT

    • Publication date: Available online 22 August 2019

      Source: LWT

      Author(s): Shunmugavel Uma Maheshwari, Sundarajan Amutha, Rangasamy Anandham, Ganapathyswamy Hemalatha, Natesan Senthil, Soon Woo Kwon, Natesan Sivakumar

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. A stealth adhesion factor contributes to Vibrio vulnificus pathogenicity: Flp pili play roles in host invasion, survival in the blood stream and resistance to complement activation

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Tra-My Duong-Nu, Kwangjoon Jeong, Seol Hee Hong, Sao Puth, Soo Young Kim, Wenzhi Tan, Kwang Ho Lee, Shee Eun Lee, Joon Haeng Rhee

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Accumulating evidence suggests that some waterbird species are potential vectors of Vibrio cholerae

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Sivan Laviad-Shitrit, Ido Izhaki, Malka Halpern

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Tungsten carbide nanoparticles show a broad spectrum virucidal activity against enveloped and non‐enveloped model viruses using a guideline‐standardized in vitro test

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Norovirus
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses
      • Viruses

  21. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus to control E. Coli on meat matrices

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Identification of human pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Cyclospora cayetanensis, and Cryptosporidium parvum on the surfaces of vegetables and fruits in Henan, China

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Junqiang Li, Ke Shi, Fangfang Sun, Tingwen Li, Rongjun Wang, Sumei Zhang, Fuchun Jian, Changshen Ning, Longxian Zhang

      • Cyclospora cayetanensis
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Cyclospora cayetanensis
      • Parasites

  23. Cost of Salmonella Infections in Australia, 2015

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 82, Issue 9, Page 1607-1614, September 2019.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Dietary determinants of inorganic arsenic exposure in the Strong Heart Family Study

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: October 2019

      Environmental Research, Volume 177

      Author(s): Anne E. Nigra, Pablo Olmedo, Maria Grau-Perez, Rae O'Leary, Marcia O'Leary, Amanda M. Fretts, Jason G. Umans, Lyle G. Best, Kevin A. Francesconi, Walter Goessler, Shelley A. Cole, Ana Navas-Acien

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Optimized sample treatment, combined with real-time PCR, for same-day detection of E. coli O157 in ground beef and leafy greens

    • Food Control

    • Available online 28 July 2019

      Author(s): Alejandro Garrido-Maestu, Sarah Azinheiro, Joana Carvalho, Pablo Fuciños, Marta Prado

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacterial pathogens