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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. Identification and Characterization of Human Monoclonal Antibodies for Immunoprophylaxis against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infection [Microbial Immunity and Vaccines]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) causes diarrheal illness in infants in the developing world and travelers to countries where the disease is endemic, including military personnel. ETEC infection of the host involves colonization of the small intestinal epithelium and toxin secretion, leading to watery diarrhea. There is currently no vaccine licensed to prevent ETEC infection. CFA/I is one of the most common colonization factor antigens (CFAs).

      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Novel Role of VisP and the Wzz System during O-Antigen Assembly in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathogenesis [Bacterial Infections]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Salmonella enterica serovars are associated with diarrhea and gastroenteritis and are a helpful model for understanding host-pathogen mechanisms. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium regulates the distribution of O antigen (OAg) and presents a trimodal distribution based on Wzy polymerase and the WzzST (long-chain-length OAg [L-OAg]) and WzzfepE (very-long-chain-length OAg [VL-OAg]) copolymerases; however, several mechanisms regulating this process remain unclear.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Transposon Sequencing of Brucella abortus Uncovers Essential Genes for Growth In Vitro and Inside Macrophages [Molecular Genomics]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Brucella abortus is a class III zoonotic bacterial pathogen able to survive and replicate inside host cells, including macrophages. Here we report a multidimensional transposon sequencing analysis to identify genes essential for Brucella abortus growth in rich medium and replication in RAW 264.7 macrophages.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Model of Persistent Salmonella Infection: Salmonella enterica Serovar Pullorum Modulates the Immune Response of the Chicken from a Th17-Type Response towards a Th2-Type Response [Bacterial Infections]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Salmonella enterica infection affects a wide range of animals and humans, and a small number of serovars cause typhoid-like infections, one characteristic of which is persistent infection in convalescents. Avian-specific S. enterica serovar Pullorum produces systemic disease in young chickens, which is followed by a carrier state in convalescent birds, leading to infection of the ovary at sexual maturity and vertical transmission.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Spatial, Temporal, and Functional Assessment of LC3-Dependent Autophagy in Shigella flexneri Dissemination [Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Shigella flexneri disseminates within the colonic mucosa by displaying actin-based motility in the cytosol of epithelial cells. Motile bacteria form membrane protrusions that project into adjacent cells and resolve into double-membrane vacuoles (DMVs) from which the bacteria escape, thereby achieving cell-to-cell spread. During dissemination, S. flexneri is targeted by LC3-dependent autophagy, a host cell defense mechanism against intracellular pathogens. The S.

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Genome Variation and Molecular Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathovariants [Minireviews]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is one of approximately 2,500 distinct serovars of the genus Salmonella but is exceptional in its wide distribution in the environment, livestock, and wild animals. S. Typhimurium causes a large proportion of nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) infections, accounting for a quarter of infections, second only to S. enterica serovar Enteritidis in incidence. S.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Escherichia coli O26 and O113:H21 on Carcasses and Beef from a Slaughterhouse Located in Mato Grosso, Brazil

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • , Ahead of Print.

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Susceptibility of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Disinfectants In Vitro and in Simulated Footbaths Amended with Manure

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • , Ahead of Print.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport Infections in the United States, 2004–2013: Increased Incidence Investigated Through Four Surveillance Systems

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • , Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Absence of a continuous water spray system does not influence the microbiological contamination of the conveyor belts in chicken slaughterhouses

    • LWT

    • Publication date: November 2018

      Source: LWT, Volume 97

      Author(s): Vanessa Mendonça Soares, Cibeli Viana, Juliano Gonçalves Pereira, Maria Teresa Destro, Luís Augusto Nero, Luciano dos Santos Bersot, José Paes de Almeida Nogueira Pinto

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Serum albumins are efficient delivery systems for the photosensitizer hypericin in photosensitization-based treatments against Staphylococcus aureus

    • Food Control

    • Available online 20 July 2018

      Author(s): Denise Pezzuoli, Marco Cozzolino, Chiara Montali, Lorenzo Brancaleon, Paolo Bianchini, Marta Zantedeschi, Silvia Bonardi, Cristiano Viappiani, Stefania Abbruzzetti

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Salmonella survival during soft-cooked eggs processing by temperature-controlled water circulator

    • Food Control

    • Available online 20 July 2018

      Author(s): Stefani Machado Lopes, Ana Carolina Fösch Batista, Eduardo César Tondo

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Characterization of Clostridium perfringens recovered from broiler chicken affected by necrotic enteritis

    • Poultry Science

    • ABSTRACTNecrotic enteritis (NE) caused by Clostridium perfringens has emerged as an important disease associated with major economic losses in the poultry industry worldwide. The ban and voluntary withdraw of antimicrobial growth promoters used to control NE have resulted in resurgence of NE. Moreover, consumer demand for antibiotic free poultry product has continued to grow.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Protection against duck hepatitis a virus type 1 conferred by a recombinant avian adeno-associated virus

    • Poultry Science

    • ABSTRACTThe avian adeno-associated virus (AAAV) has been proved to be an efficient gene transfer vector for human gene therapy and vaccine research. In this experiment, an AAAV-based vaccine was evaluated for the development of a vaccine against duck hepatitis a virus type 1 (DHAV-1). The major capsid VP1 gene was amplified and subcloned into pFBGFP containing the inverted terminal repeats of AAAV, and then the recombinant baculovirus rBac-VP1 was generated.

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  15. Effect of fungal gamma-linolenic acid and beta-carotene containing prefermented feed on immunity and gut of broiler chicken

    • Poultry Science

    • ABSTRACTGamma-linolenic acid (GLA) is a fatty acid from the ω-6 family. It is able to deliver a wide range of health benefits arising from its anti-inflammatory effects.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Occurrence, virulence factors, and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Vibrio spp. isolated from live oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in Korea

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Characterisation of Croatian honey by physicochemical and microbiological parameters with mold identification

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView.

  18. Effects of Ferric Oxyhydroxide on Anaerobic Microbial Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Hudson and Grasse River Sediment Microcosms: Dechlorination Extent, Preferences, Ortho Removal, and Its Enhancement

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Yan Xu, Kelvin B. Gregory, Jeanne M. VanBriesen

      • Chemical contaminants

  19. Physicochemical characteristics and microbial safety of defatted bovine heart and its lipid extracted with supercritical-CO2 and solvent extraction

    • LWT

    • Publication date: November 2018

      Source: LWT, Volume 97

      Author(s): M. Shafiur Rahman, Jin-Kyu Seo, Sung-Gil Choi, Khalid Gul, Han-Sul Yang

  20. A quantitative microbiological exposure assessment of Bacillus cereus group IV in couscous semolina, Algeria

    • Microbial Risk Analysis

    • Publication date: Available online 19 July 2018

      Source: Microbial Risk Analysis

      Author(s): Mohammed Ziane, Ivan Leguerinel, Jeanne-Marie Membré

      • Bacillus cereus

  21. Identification and metagenetic characterisation of Listeria monocytogenes-harbouring communities present in food-related industrial environments

    • Food Control

    • Available online 18 July 2018

      Author(s): Pedro Rodríguez-López, Marta Bernárdez, Juan J. Rodríguez-Herrera, Ángel S. Comesaña, Marta L. Cabo

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Near infrared spectroscopy as an alternative quick method for simultaneous detection of multiple adulterants in whey protein-based sports supplement

    • Food Control

    • Available online 19 July 2018

      Author(s): Matyas Lukacs, George Bazar, Bernhard Pollner, Raphael Henn, Christian G. Kirchler, Christian W. Huck, Zoltan Kovacs

  23. Development of milk chocolate supplemented with microencapsulated Lactobacillus plantarum HM47 and to determine the safety in a Swiss albino mice model

    • Food Control

    • Available online 19 July 2018

      Author(s): Reshma B. Nambiar, Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu, Anand Babu Perumal

  24. Letter to the editor

    • Food Control

    • Available online 19 July 2018

      Author(s): Andréia Tremarin, Teresa R.S. Brandão, Cristina L.M. Silva

  25. Development of detection method for edible silkworm (Bombyx mori) using real-time PCR

    • Food Control

    • Available online 19 July 2018

      Author(s): Mi-Ju Kim, Seul-Ki Jung, Sung-Yeon Kim, Hae-Yeong Kim