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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. Identifying human enteric parasitic infections in Greece, with focus on Giardia and Cryptosporidium

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Author(s): D. Kostopoulou, E. Claerebout, D. Arvanitis, P. Ligda, S. Casaert, S. Sotiraki

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  2. Cryptosporidium and Giardia in locally harvested clams in Iqaluit, Nunavut

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • High prevalences of Cryptosporidium and Giardia were recently found in enteric illness patients in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut, Canada, with a foodborne, waterborne or animal source of parasites suspected. Clams (Mya truncata) are a commonly consumed, culturally important and nutritious country food in Iqaluit; however, shellfish may concentrate protozoan pathogens from contaminated waters.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  3. Morphological and molecular characterization of Bertiella sp. (Cestoda, Anoplocephalidae) infection in a human and howler monkeys in Argentina

    • Parasitology Research

    • Bertiella sp. is a typical parasite in non-human primates and only a few cases of bertiellosis have been reported in humans. We present a new case study of bertiellosis in a 42-year-old woman caretaker of howler monkeys in a wild rehabilitation center in Argentina. Bertiella sp. infection was also diagnosed in the monkeys.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  4. Investigations from Northern Greece on mussels cultivated in areas proximal to wastewaters discharges, as a potential source for human infection with Giardia and Cryptosporidium

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Author(s): Panagiota Ligda, Edwin Claerebout, Stijn Casaert, Lucy J. Robertson, Smaragda Sotiraki

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  5. Comparative evaluation of UNEX-based DNA extraction for molecular detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis, Toxoplasma gondii, and Cryptosporidium parvum as contaminants of berries

    • Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Tamirat Tefera Temesgen, Alessandra Barlaam, Kristoffer R. Tysnes, Lucy J. Robertson

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Cyclospora cayetanensis
      • Parasites

  6. First report of Giardia duodenalis infection in the crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Author(s): Francesca Coppola, Michela Maestrini, Federica Berrilli, Isabel Guadano Procesi, Antonio Felicioli, Stefania Perrucci

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  7. Molecular study and genotyping of Cryptosporidium baileyi and Cryptosporidium parvum from free-range and commercial broiler chickens in Guilan province, Iran

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Parisa Shahbazi, Armin Aligolzadeh, Monireh Khordadmehr, Hosein Hashemzadeh Farhang, Farzad Katiraee

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  8. Localization and enzyme kinetics of aminopeptidase N3 from Toxoplasma gondii

    • Parasitology Research

    • Aminopeptidase N is an important metalloenzyme from the M1 zinc metallopeptidase family, which is present in numerous apicomplexan parasites, including Plasmodium, Eimeria, and Cryptosporidium. Aminopeptidase N is a potential drug target, and hence, its properties have been widely investigated. In the current study, the cellular localization and enzyme characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii aminopeptidase N3 (TgAPN3) were evaluated in vitro.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Parasites
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Prevalence of intestinal parasites in fecal samples and estimation of parasite contamination from dog parks in central Oklahoma

    • Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports

    • Author(s): Kathryn T. Duncan, Nicole R. Koons, Marisa A. Litherland, Susan E. Little, Yoko Nagamori

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  10. Retrospective survey of parasitism identified in feces of client-owned cats in North America from 2007 through 2018

    • Veterinary Parasitology

    • Author(s): Yoko Nagamori, Mark E. Payton, Emily Looper, Hadley Apple, Eileen M. Johnson

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum

  11. First identification of Cryptosporidium parvum zoonotic subtype IIaA15G2R1 in diarrheal lambs in France

    • Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports

    • Author(s): Mohamed Mammeri, Lara Cartou, Aurélie Chevillot, Myriam Thomas, Christine Julien, Isabelle Vallée, Bruno Polack, Jérôme Follet, Karim Tarik Adjou

      • Parasites
      • Cryptosporidium parvum

  12. How globalization and climate change could affect foodborne parasites

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Author(s): Edoardo Pozio

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Cyclospora cayetanensis

  13. Identification of adaptive inhibitors of Cryptosporidium parvum fatty acyl-coenzyme A synthetase isoforms by virtual screening

    • Parasitology Research

    • Cryptosporidiosis is a significant cause of gastroenteritis in both humans and livestock in developing countries. The only FDA-approved drug available against the same is nitazoxanide, with questionable efficacy in malnourished children and immunocompromised patients.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  14. Food protozoa safety assessment and risk in school restaurants in Armenia, Colombia

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • This work assessed the risk of protozoa in 10 school restaurants in Armenia (Quindío, Colombia) by analyzing the presence of Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia duodenalis, Blastocystis, and Cyclospora cayetanensis DNA in the food, water, and living and inert surfaces of school restaurants and in stools of children who ate at these restaurants. Of the 213 food, water, and surface samples, 6.6% were positive using PCR to test DNA for Blastocystis; 3.8% for Cryptosporidium spp; 0.9% for G.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Cyclospora cayetanensis
      • Parasites

  15. Molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis of Cryptosporidium, Hepatozoon and Spirometra in snakes from central China

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Author(s): Xiao Xiao, Rui Qi, Hui-Ju Han, Jian-Wei Liu, Xiang-Rong Qin, Li-Zhu Fang, Chuan-Min Zhou, Xiao-Qing Gong, Si-Cong Lei, Xue-Jie Yu

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  16. Molecular characterization of Giardia intestinalis and Cryptosporidium parvum from calves with diarrhoea in Austria and evaluation of point-of-care tests

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Katharina Lichtmannsperger, Barbara Hinney, Anja Joachim, Thomas Wittek

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites

  17. Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from diarrheal dairy calves in France

    • Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports

    • Author(s): Mohamed Mammeri, Aurélie Chevillot, Ilham Chenafi, Myriam Thomas, Christine Julien, Isabelle Vallée, Bruno Polack, Jérôme Follet, Karim Tarik Adjou

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  18. Equivalency of indirect and direct potable reuse paradigms based on a quantitative microbial risk assessment framework

    • Microbial Risk Analysis

    • Author(s): Erfaneh Amoueyan, Sajjad Ahmad, Joseph N.S. Eisenberg, Daniel Gerrity

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

  19. Are molecular tools clarifying or confusing our understanding of the public health threat from zoonotic enteric protozoa in wildlife?

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Author(s): Lucy J. Robertson, C. Graham Clark, John J. Debenham, J.P. Dubey, Martin Kváč, Junqiang Li, Francisco Ponce-Gordo, Una Ryan, Gereon Schares, Chunlei Su, Anastasios D. Tsaousis

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites

  20. Reproducibility of positive results for rare pathogens on the FilmArray GI Panel

    • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    • Author(s): Matthew M. Hitchcock, Catherine A. Hogan, Indre Budvytiene, Niaz Banaei

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Cyclospora cayetanensis
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Vibrio
      • Parasites
      • Yersinia

  21. A New Protocol for Molecular Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis as Contaminants of Berry Fruits

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Cyclospora cayetanensis is a coccidian parasite that has been associated with foodborne outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses. Raspberries have been implicated as vehicle of infection in some of these outbreaks. Most of the molecular techniques used for the detection of parasites commonly use the 18s rRNA as a target gene, which is highly conserved.

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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Protocol standardization for the detection of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Available online 16 March 2019

      Author(s): Panagiota Ligda, Edwin Claerebout, Lucy J. Robertson, Smaragda Sotiraki

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites

  25. Sheep as a Potential Source of Zoonotic Cryptosporidiosis in China [Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • In this study, we assessed the prevalence and genetic characteristics of Cryptosporidium in sheep from 10 provinces in China. Fecal samples from 1,035 sheep originating from 16 farms were collected, and 295 (28.5%) were found to be Cryptosporidium positive by nested PCR. Cryptosporidium was detected at all farms, with infection rates between 5.7% and 50.0%.

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites