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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. Persistent Norovirus Contamination of Groundwater Supplies in Two Waterborne Outbreaks

    • Food and Environmental Virology

    • Abstract

      • Campylobacter
      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Norovirus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  2. Seafood pathogens and information on antimicrobial resistance: A review

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: April 2018
      , Volume 70

      Author(s): S. Elbashir, S. Parveen, J. Schwarz, T. Rippen, M. Jahncke, A. DePaola

      • Viruses
      • Norovirus
      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Norovirus and E. coli in Sydney Rock Oysters Following a Sewage Overflow into an Estuary

    • Food and Environmental Virology

    • Abstract

      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  4. Inactivation of viruses and bacteria on strawberries using a levulinic acid plus sodium dodecyl sulfate based sanitizer, taking sensorial and chemical food safety aspects into account

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 18 September 2017
      , Volume 257

      Author(s): Zijin Zhou, Sophie Zuber, Frédérique Cantergiani, Sophie Butot, Dan Li, Thomas Stroheker, Frank Devlieghere, Anthony Lima, Umberto Piantini, Mieke Uyttendaele

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  5. Characteristics of Escherichia coli isolated from broiler chickens with colibacillosis in commercial farms from a common hatchery

    • Poultry Science

    • AbstractTo investigate the epidemiologic aspects of colibacillosis in broiler chickens, 83 Escherichia coli isolates obtained from the pericarditis and perihepatitis lesions in broiler chickens from 4 commercial farms, 5 isolates recovered from 5 samples of yolk sac contents that were pooled from 25 emaciated chicks, and 4 fecal isolates obtained from a hatchery that supplied chicks to the 4 commercial farms mentioned above were genetically and bact

      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  6. Optimization of inactivated H5N9 highly pathogenic avian influenza vaccine and inactivated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium vaccine with antigen dose and prime-boost regimen in domestic ducks

    • Poultry Science

    • AbstractOwing to the increase in the number of diseases affecting ducks and the demand for food safety by consumers, vaccination has become one of the factors that influence duck meat productivity. The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus is one of the most prevalent and causes one of the most lethal diseases in domestic ducks, and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a food-borne pathogen persistent in the domestic duck population.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  7. Live-attenuated auxotrophic mutant of Salmonella typhimurium expressing immunogenic HA1 protein enhances immunity and protective efficacy against H1N1 influenza virus infection

    • Future Microbiology

    • Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium (JOL912) as a live bacterial vaccine vector. Materials & methods: The JOL912 engineered to deliver HA1 protein from influenza A/Puerto Rico/8/1934 (H1N1; PR8) virus was coined as JOL1635 and further evaluated for immunogenicity and protective efficacy. Results: The JOL1635 stably harbored the HA1 gene within pMMP65 plasmid with periplasmic expression and effective delivery of HA1 protein to RAW264.7 cells.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  8. Preexisting Salmonella-specific immunity interferes with the subsequent development of immune responses against the Salmonella strains delivering H9N2 hemagglutinin

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 29 May 2017


      Author(s): Irshad Ahmed Hajam, John Hwa Lee

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  9. Combination treatment of ohmic heating with various essential oil components for inactivation of food-borne pathogens in buffered peptone water and salsa

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2017
      , Volume 80

      Author(s): Sang-Soon Kim, Dong-Hyun Kang

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Norovirus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  10. Influence of Environmental Conditions on Norovirus Presence in Mussels Harvested in Montenegro

    • Food and Environmental Virology

    • Abstract

      • Norovirus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  11. Multiple pathogen biomarker detection using an encoded bead array in droplet PCR

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 20 April 2017


      Author(s): Prem Kumar Periyannan Rajeswari, Lovisa M. Soderberg, Alia Yacoub, Mikael Leijon, Helene Andersson Svahn, Haakan N. Joensson

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  12. Cross-Comparison of Human Wastewater-Associated Molecular Markers in Relation to Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Enteric Viruses in Recreational Beach Waters [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Detection of human wastewater contamination in recreational waters is of critical importance to regulators due to the risks posed to public health. To identify such risks, human wastewater-associated microbial source tracking (MST) markers have been developed. At present, however, a greater understanding of the suitability of these markers for the detection of diluted human wastewater in environmental waters is necessary to predict risk.

      • Norovirus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  13. Bacteriophages as enteric viral indicators in bivalve mollusc management

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: August 2017
      , Volume 65

      Author(s): Kate R. Hodgson, Valeria A. Torok, Alison R. Turnbull

      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  14. Occurrence of hepatitis A and E and norovirus GI and GII in ready-to-eat vegetables in Italy

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 14 March 2017


      Author(s): V. Terio, M. Bottaro, E. Pavoni, M.N. Losio, A. Serraino, F. Giacometti, V. Martella, A. Mottola, A. Di Pinto, G. Tantillo

      • Viruses
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Recombinant VP1 protein as a potential marker for the diagnosis of acute hepatitis A virus infection

    • Journal of Virological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 9 March 2017


      Author(s): Haroldo Cid da Silva, Edimilson Domingos da Silva, Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez de Souza Rodrigues, Marco Alberto Medeiros

      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  16. Risk-based enteric pathogen reduction targets for non-potable and direct potable use of roof runoff, stormwater, and greywater

    • Microbial Risk Analysis

    • Publication date: Available online 2 March 2017
      Source:Microbial Risk Analysis

      Author(s): Mary E. Schoen, Nicholas J. Ashbolt, Michael A. Jahne, Jay Garland

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Campylobacter
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Norovirus
      • Parasites
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  17. Structural pierce into molecular mechanism underlying Clostridium perfringens Epsilon toxin function

    • Toxicon

    • Publication date: Available online 12 January 2017
      Source:

      Author(s): Saeed Khalili, Abolfazl Jahangiri, Zahra Sadat Hashemi, Bahman Khalesi, Meysam Mardsoltani, Jafar Amani

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Hepatitis
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Viruses
      • Clostridium perfringens

  18. Simulation of enteric pathogen concentrations in locally-collected greywater and wastewater for microbial risk assessments

    • Microbial Risk Analysis

    • Publication date: Available online 9 November 2016
      Source:Microbial Risk Analysis

      Author(s): Michael A. Jahne, Mary E. Schoen, Jay L. Garland, Nicholas J. Ashbolt

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses
      • Parasites
      • Campylobacter

  19. Disease burden due to gastrointestinal pathogens in a wastewater system in Kampala, Uganda

    • Microbial Risk Analysis

    • Publication date: December 2016
      Source:Microbial Risk Analysis, Volume 4

      Author(s): Samuel Fuhrimann, Mirko S. Winkler, Michelle Stalder, Charles B. Niwagaba, Mohammed Babu, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Abdullah A. Halage, Jürg Utzinger, Guéladio Cissé, Maarten Nauta

      • Campylobacter
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses
      • Parasites

  20. Orally administered live attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium protects mice against lethal infection with H1N1 influenza virus

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 5 January 2017


      Author(s): Nitin Machindra Kamble, Irshad Ahmed Hajam, John Hwa Lee

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  21. Synergistic effect of carvacrol and ohmic heating for inactivation of E. coli O157:H7, S. Typhimurium, L. monocytogenes, and MS-2 bacteriophage in salsa

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2017
      , Volume 73, Part B

      Author(s): Sang-Soon Kim, Dong-Hyun Kang

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Risk factors for norovirus contamination of shellfish water catchments in England and Wales

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 January 2017
      , Volume 241

      Author(s): Carlos J.A. Campos, Simon Kershaw, Owen C. Morgan, David N. Lees

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  23. Application of low frequency pulsed ohmic heating for inactivation of foodborne pathogens and MS-2 phage in buffered peptone water and tomato juice

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: May 2017
      , Volume 63

      Author(s): Sang-Soon Kim, Won Choi, Dong-Hyun Kang

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  24. HA1-2-fljB Vaccine Induces Immune Responses against Pandemic Swine-Origin H1N1 Influenza Virus in Mice

    • Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

    • In 2009, a novel pandemic swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus caused a public emergency of international concern. Vaccination is the primary strategy for the control of influenza epidemics. However, the poor immunopotency of many vaccine antigens is a major barrier to the development of effective vaccines against influenza. Flagellin, a Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) ligand, has been used as an adjuvant to enhance the immunopotency of vaccines in preclinical studies.

      • Viruses
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Inactivation of Viruses and Bacteriophages as Models for Swine Hepatitis E Virus in Food Matrices

    • Food and Environmental Virology

    • Abstract

      • Viruses
      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens