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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. Rapid detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in cat feces using colorimetric loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays targeting RE and B1 genes

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate protozoan parasite that can infect mammals and birds. Cats are the definitive host of T.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  2. The antimicrobial effect of quorum sensing autoinducers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, C12-HSL and C4-HSL, against MDR Staphylococcus aureus isolates

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • In the current study, we investigated the antibacterial activity of main quorum sensing autoinducers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, C12-HSL and C4-HSL, against MDR Staphylococcus aureus isolates and their synergistic effects with some common antibiotics. Forty clinical isolates of S. aureus were collected and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern was evaluated. Then, 10 resistant isolates were selected for further studies.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  3. Detection of Antibodies Against Three Zoonotic Bartonella spp. and Cross-reactivity Among Species and Coxiella burnetii in Dogs and Cats From Central Thailand

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Phirabhat Saengsawang, Decha Pangjai, Gunn Kaewmongkol, Tawin Inpankaew

      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Seropositivity to Coxiella burnetii in primiparous and multiparous ewes from southern Australia: a cross-sectional study

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Tom Clune, Amy Lockwood, Serina Hancock, Andrew N. Thompson, Sue Beetson, Mieghan Bruce, Angus J.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. First report on the isolation and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii strains from free-range chickens in the state of Mato Grosso, Midwestern Brazil

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Rute Witter, Hilda Fátima Jesus Pena, Maerle Oliveira Maia, Leodil da Costa Freitas, Sayanne Luns Hatum Almeida, Daniel Moura de Aguiar, Michelle Igarashi, Bruna Farias Alves, Solange Maria Gennari, Richard Campos Pacheco

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites

  6. Antimicrobial resistance in Indian isolates of non typhoidal Salmonella of livestock, poultry and environmental origin from 1990-2017

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Sophia Inbaraj, Ravi Kant Agrawal, Prasad Thomas, Chandra Mohan, S Agarwal R.K, Med Ram Verma, Pallab Chaudhuri A retrospective antimicrobial resistance study of nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica isolates from India during 1990-2017 was conducted to study the microbial susceptibility to antibiotics.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  7. High Burden of Multidrug resistant Bacteria detected in Little Akaki River

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Gebreab Teklebirhan Gessew, Adey Feleke Desta, Etsehiwot Adamu Spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria between humans and animals occurs when the environment is contaminated with animal and human wastes. A total of 30 samples were collected from the Akaki river to identify antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Bacterial enumeration and characterization was done by spreading serially diluted water samples on MacConkey agar.

  8. Antibiotic resistance and phylogenetic comparison of human, pet animals and raw milk Staphylococcus aureus isolates

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Sara Pahlavanzadeh, Rahem Khoshbakht, Hami Kaboosi, Elham Moazamian The present study was conducted to compare the S. aureus isolates from different sources in the basis of resistance phenotypic and genotypic features and phylogenetic differences. Total of 70 S.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  9. Swine as reservoirs of zoonotic borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): S.C.L. Santos, M.M.S. Saraiva, A.L.B. Moreira Filho, N.M.V. Silva, C.M.G. De Leon, L.A.F. Pascoal, P.E.N. Givisiez, W.A. Gebreyes, C.J.B. Oliveira Abstract Methicillin resistance mediated by the mecA gene in Staphylococcus aureus, also known as “true MRSA”, is typically associated with high oxacillin MIC values (≥8 mg/L). Because non-mecA-mediated oxacillin resistant S.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  10. Isolation and Sero-genomo-epidemiological studies on Brucella Infection in Dairy Cattle in Meghalaya, India

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): I. Shakuntala, A.A.P. Milton, R.K. Sanjukta, Kaushik Kakoty, Amarjit Karam, Anirban Dutta, K. Puro, Arnab Sen, Samir Das, Sandeep Ghatak Abstract In this study, we report the serological, bacteriological and whole genome sequencing data of a 6 years study of Brucella abortus in Meghalaya, India. Investigation of 3060 sera samples indicated overall prevalence of 6.4% by Rose Bengal Plate Test and 10.7% by ELISA.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Cross-sectional study on Brucella spp., Leptospira spp. and Salmonella spp. in bats from Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Amanda Carvalho Rosado Ferreira, Thallyta Maria Vieira, Dircéia Aparecida da Costa Custódio, Maria Norma Melo, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, Andrey Pereira Lage, Elaine Maria Seles Dorneles

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Seroepidemiological Study on Coxiella burnetii and associated risk factors in Ruminants at Kurdistan Province, West of Iran

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Shahin fakour, Rojin Jamali, Elham Ahmadi

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. PCR-based detection of Toxoplasma gondii from cattle in southern Iran

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Razieh Fazel, Hassan Rezanezhad, Kavous Solhjoo, Mohsen Kalantari, Saiedeh Erfanian, Belal Armand, Masoud Esmi Jahromi

      Objective
      Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that is widely prevalent in most warm-blooded vertebrates. Humans mainly become infected by eating raw or undercooked meat. This study was designed to investigate the infection of cattle with T. gondii in Jahrom, southern Iran.

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites

  14. Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from dogs and humans using flaA-SVR fragment sequencing in Ismailia, Egypt

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Hend A. Abdelmageed, Ahmed S. Mandour, Attia A. El Gedawy, Mohamed Fawzy, Salim Al-Rejaie, Tetsuya Furuya, Mahmoud Ezzat

      Introduction
      Dogs are known as asymptomatic carriers forCampylobacter jejuni. The number of pet dogs is increasing in Egypt in the last decade.

      Objective
      This study aimed to investigate the frequency ofC. jejuni infection in dogs and humans, molecular typing of associated virulence genes, and flaA-SVR gene using sequencing.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Serologic and molecular survey of horses to Coxiella burnetii in East of Iran a highly endemic area

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Mehdi Jaferi, Aliasghar Mozaffari, Maziar Jajarmi, Masoud Imani, Mohammad Khalili

      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. A Single Dose of Inactivated Oil-Emulsion Bivalent H5N8/H5N1 Vaccine Protects Chickens Against the Lethal Challenge of both Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Mahmoud Ibrahim, Salah Zakaria, Abdel-Hamid I. Bazid, Walid H. Kilany, Mohamed A.Zain El-Abideen, Ahmed Ali

      • Viruses

  17. Comparative Infectivity and Transmissibility Studies of Wild-bird and Chicken-Origin Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses H5N8 in Chickens

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Mohammed A. Rohaim, Rania F. El Naggar, Yehia Madbouly, Mohammed A. AbdelSabour, Kawkab A. Ahmed, Muhammad Munir

      • Viruses

  18. Leptospira strains isolated from cattle in the Amazon region, Brazil, evidence of a variety of species and serogroups with a high frequency of the Sejroe serogroup

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Israel Barbosa Guedes, Gisele Oliveira de Souza, Katarine de Souza Rocha, Matheus Burilli Cavalini, Manoel Soares Damasceno Neto, Juliana Fernandes de Paula Castro, Antônio Francisco de Souza Filho, Manoel Pierre Negrão, Adriana Cortez, Carla Cristina Guimarães de Moraes, Marcos Bryan Heinemann

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance detection in fractures of Wild birds from wildlife rehabilitation centres in Spain

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): A. Tardón, E. Bataller, L. Llobat, E. Jiménez-Trigos

  20. Genetic differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from cattle and human sources in, Egypt (Suez Canal area)

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Ali Wahdan, Emad Mokhtar Riad, Shymaa Enany

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. First report on Cryptosporidium parvum, Escherichia coli K99, rotavirus and coronavirus in neonatal lambs from north-center region, Algeria

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Hichem Dahmani, Nassim Ouchene, Ali Dahmani, Nadjet Amina Ouchene-Khelifi

      • Parasites
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Molecular investigation, isolation and phylogenetic analsysis of Coxiella burnetii from aborted fetus and ticks

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Yunus Kilicoglu, Abdurrahman Anil Cagirgan, Gulnur Serdar, Selma Kaya, Yuksel Durmaz, Yunus Gur

      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Hepatic and splenic immune response during acute vs. chronic Brucella melitensis infection using in situ microscopy

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Juliane Daggett, Alexandra Rogers, Jerome Harms, Gary A. Splitter, Marina Durward-Diioia

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Brucella melitensis infection in dog: a critical issue in the control of brucellosis in ruminant farms

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Saeed Alamian, Maryam Dadar

      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in horse sera in Iran

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): P Khademi, A Ownagh, B Ataei,, A Kazemnia, Jamaladdin E, M Khalili, Mahzounieh M, K Mardani

      • Bacterial pathogens