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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. “Severe asthma in adults does not significantly affect the outcome of COVID‐19 disease: results from the Italian Severe Asthma Registry”

    • Allergy
      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  2. Bacillus Calmette‐Guérin vaccination and socioeconomic variables vs COVID‐19 global features: Clearing up a controversial issue

    • Allergy
      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  3. Atopic statusprotects from severe complications of COVID‐19

    • Allergy
      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  4. COVID‐19 in Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI) patients: Clinical features, impact of comorbidities and treatments

    • Allergy
      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  5. Integration of metagenomics‐metabolomics reveals specific signatures and functions of airway microbiota in mite‐sensitized childhood asthma

    • Allergy

    • Background Childhood asthma is a multifactorial inflammatory condition of the airways, associated with specific changes in respiratory microbiome and circulating metabolome. Methods To explore the functional capacity of asthmatic microbiome and its intricate connection with the host, we performed shotgun sequencing of airway microbiome and untargeted metabolomics profiling of serum samples in a cohort of children with mite‐sensitized asthma and non‐asthmatic controls.

      • Chemical contaminants

  6. Characterization of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid specific T‐cell clones from patients with immediate drug hypersensitivity

    • Allergy

    • Background Betalactam (BL) antibiotics are the most common cause of drug hypersensitivity. Amoxicillin (AX), which is often prescribed alongside clavulanic acid (Clav), is the most common elicitor.

  7. Food allergy immunotherapy: OIT and EPIT

    • Allergy

    • IgE mediated food allergy remains a significant and growing problem across the globe. Of the various treatment modalities, oral immunotherapy (OIT) and epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT) have been the best studied. Across various studies of OIT for egg, milk and peanut allergy, strong levels of desensitization have been shown. With egg and peanut OIT, a limited remission, or sustained unresponsiveness (SU), has further been demonstrated.

  8. State‐of‐the‐art in marketed adjuvants and formulations in Allergen Immunotherapy: a position paper of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)

    • Allergy

    • Since the introduction of allergen immunotherapy (AIT) over 100 years ago, focus has been on standardization of allergen extracts, with reliable molecular composition of allergens receiving the highest attention. While adjuvants play a major role in European AIT, they have been less well studied. In this Position Paper we summarize current unmet needs of adjuvants in AIT citing current evidence.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  9. Recent developments and highlights in food allergy

    • Allergy

    • The achievement of long lasting, safe treatments for food allergy is dependent on the understanding of the immunological basis of food allergy. Accurate diagnosis is essential for management. In recent years, data from oral food challenges have revealed that routine allergy testing is poor at predicting clinical allergy for tree nuts, almonds in particular.

  10. Data‐driven step doses for drug provocation tests to non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs

    • Allergy

    • Introduction Hypersensitivity to non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are of great concern because they are frequently encountered in daily clinical practice. Drug provocation tests (DPT) are particularly needed for NSAIDs. Methods The aim of this retrospective study was to detect eliciting dose thresholds during NSAIDs DPT in order to suggest optimal step doses, using the survival analysis method.