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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. Contribution of the FilmArray® Gastrointestinal Panel in the laboratory diagnosis of gastroenteritis in a cohort of children: a two-year prospective study

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 2 May 2018


      Author(s): Adriana Calderaro, Monica Martinelli, Mirko Buttrini, Sara Montecchini, Silvia Covan, Sabina Rossi, Francesca Ferraglia, Paolo Montagna, Federica Pinardi, Sandra Larini, Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina Medici, Carlo Chezzi, Flora De Conto

      • Campylobacter
      • Norovirus
      • Yersinia
      • Shigella
      • Vibrio
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
      • Viruses

  2. A 100-Year Review: Microbiology and safety of milk handling

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: December 2017
      , Volume 100, Issue 12

      Author(s): Kathryn J. Boor, Martin Wiedmann, Sarah Murphy, Sam Alcaine

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  3. Checking the detail in retail: Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia on vegetables sold across different counters in Chandigarh, India

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 18 December 2017
      , Volume 263

      Author(s): Kjersti Selstad Utaaker, Anil Kumar, Himanshu Joshi, Suman Chaudhary, Lucy J. Robertson

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  4. Assessing the infection risk of enteropathogens from consumption of raw vegetables washed with contaminated water in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      To assess diarrheal risks from enteropathogenic E. coli, Giardia, and Cryptosporidium from consuming raw spinach, cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  5. Cross-modulation of pathogen-specific pathways enhances malnutrition during enteric co-infection with Giardia lamblia and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Luther A. Bartelt, David T. Bolick, Jordi Mayneris-Perxachs, Glynis L. Kolling, Gregory L. Medlock, Edna I. Zaenker, Jeffery Donowitz, Rose Viguna Thomas-Beckett, Allison Rogala, Ian M. Carroll, Steven M. Singer, Jason Papin, Jonathan R. Swann, Richard L. Guerrant

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  6. Detection and prevalence of protozoan parasites in ready-to-eat packaged salads on sale in Italy

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: October 2017
      , Volume 67

      Author(s): Tiziana Caradonna, Marianna Marangi, Federica Del Chierico, Nicola Ferrari, Sofia Reddel, Giorgia Bracaglia, Giovanni Normanno, Lorenza Putignani, Annunziata Giangaspero

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

  7. Keeping it cool: Survival of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts on lettuce leaves

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 August 2017
      , Volume 255

      Author(s): Kjersti Selstad Utaaker, Eystein Skjerve, Lucy J. Robertson

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  8. Giardiasis Outbreak Associated with Asymptomatic Food Handlers in New York State, 2015

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 5, Page 837-841, May 2017.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites

  9. Quantitative Shedding of Multiple Genotypes of Cryptosporidium and Giardia by Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in a Major Agricultural Region on the California Central Coast

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 5, Page 819-828, May 2017.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  10. The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) as a potential host for rickettsial pathogens in southern Italy

    • PLOS ONE

    • Mario Santoro, Nicola D’Alessio, Anna Cerrone, Maria Gabriella Lucibelli, Giorgia Borriello, Gaetano Aloise, Clementina Auriemma, Nunzia Riccone, Giorgio Galiero

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  11. 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

  12. Characterization of the efficiency and uncertainty of skimmed milk flocculation for the simultaneous concentration and quantification of water-borne viruses, bacteria and protozoa

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 16 January 2017


      Author(s): Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Yexenia Cardenas-Youngs, Miquel Calvo, Marcelle Figueira Marques da Silva, Ayalkibet Hundesa, Inmaculada Amorós, Yolanda Moreno, Laura Moreno-Mesonero, Rosa Rosell, Lliliane Ganges, Rosa Araujo, Rosina Girones

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  13. 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

  14. Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay Targeting Eight Parasites Customized to the Korean Population: Potential Use for Detection in Diarrheal Stool Samples from Gastroenteritis Patients

    • PLOS ONE

    • Eun Jeong Won, Soo Hyun Kim, Seung Jung Kee, Jong Hee Shin, Soon Pal Suh, Jong Yil Chai, Dong Wook Ryang, Myung Geun Shin

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites

  15. Enteropathogen infections in canine puppies: (Co-)occurrence, clinical relevance and risk factors

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: 15 November 2016
      , Volume 195

      Author(s): Mirjam Duijvestijn, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Nancy Schuurman, Wim Schijf, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Herman Egberink

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
      • Campylobacter
      • Clostridium perfringens

  16. Identification of Giardia lamblia Assemblage E in Humans Points to a New Anthropozoonotic Cycle

    • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    • Giardia lamblia is a pathogen transmitted by water and food that causes infection worldwide. Giardia genotypes are classified into 8 assemblages (A–H). Assemblages A and B are detected in humans, but they are potentially zoonotic because they infect other mammalian hosts. Giardia in samples from 44 children was genotyped. Conserved fragments of the genes encoding β-giardin and glutamate dehydrogenase were sequenced and their alignment were carried out with sequences deposited in GenBank.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites

  17. Static Clathrin Assemblies at the Peripheral Vacuole—Plasma Membrane Interface of the Parasitic Protozoan Giardia lamblia

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Jon Paulin Zumthor, Lenka Cernikova, Samuel Rout, Andres Kaech, Carmen Faso, Adrian B. Hehl

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites

  18. Detection of Zoonotic Enteropathogens in Children and Domestic Animals in a Semirural Community in Ecuador [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Animals are important reservoirs of zoonotic enteropathogens, and transmission to humans occurs more frequently in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where small-scale livestock production is common. In this study, we investigated the presence of zoonotic enteropathogens in stool samples from 64 asymptomatic children and 203 domestic animals of 62 households in a semirural community in Ecuador between June and August 2014.

      • Campylobacter
      • Yersinia
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  19. Vaccination with Bivalent DNA Vaccine of α1-Giardin and CWP2 Delivered by Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium Reduces Trophozoites and Cysts in the Feces of Mice Infected with Giardia lamblia

    • PLOS ONE

    • Xian-Min Feng, Wen-Yu Zheng, Hong-Mei Zhang, Wen-Yan Shi, Yao Li, Bai-Ji Cui, Hui-Yan Wang

      Background

      Giardia lamblia is one of the most common infectious protozoans in human that may cause diarrhea in travelers. Searching for antigens that induced effectively protective immunity has become a key point in the development of vaccine against giardiasis.

      Methodology/Principal Findings

      • Salmonella
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  20. Predominance of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage AII in Fresh Leafy Vegetables from a Market in Southern Brazil

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • We investigated the presence of Giardia duodenalis cysts and its genotypes in raw leafy vegetables sold in a Brazilian market. These products are different from those sold in most street markets because the producers themselves display and sell their products and rely on specialized technical and sanitary assistance.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites

  21. Microfluidics for effective concentration and sorting of waterborne protozoan pathogens

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: July 2016
      , Volume 126

      Author(s): M. Jimenez, H. Bridle

      We report on an inertial focussing based microfluidics technology for concentrating waterborne protozoa, achieving a 96% recovery rate of Cryptosporidium parvum and 86% for Giardia lamblia at a throughput (mL/min) capable of replacing centrifugation. The approach can easily be extended to other parasites and also bacteria.





      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  22. Simultaneous detection of the protozoan parasites Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in food matrices and their persistence on basil leaves

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: August 2016
      , Volume 57

      Author(s): Jeanne Hohweyer, Catherine Cazeaux, Emmanuelle Travaillé, Emilie Languet, Aurélien Dumètre, Dominique Aubert, Christine Terryn, Jitender P. Dubey, Nadine Azas, Maryline Houssin, Favennec Loïc, Isabelle Villena, Stéphanie La Carbona

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  23. One Health in Practice: A Pilot Project for Integrated Care of Zoonotic Infections in Immunocompromised Children and Their Pets in Chile

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  24. Aetiology-Specific Estimates of the Global and Regional Incidence and Mortality of Diarrhoeal Diseases Commonly Transmitted through Food

    • PLOS ONE

    • Sara M. Pires, Christa L. Fischer-Walker, Claudio F. Lanata, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Aron J. Hall, Martyn D. Kirk, Ana S. R. Duarte, Robert E. Black, Frederick J. Angulo

      Background

      • Norovirus
      • Shigella
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
      • Viruses

  25. Selection of fluorescent DNA dyes for real-time LAMP with portable and simple optics

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 10 November 2015


      Author(s): Gregoire Seyrig, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Farhan Ahmad, Keara Towery, Alison M. Cupples, James M. Tiedje, Syed A. Hashsham

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites