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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. Dietary exposure to aflatoxin and micronutrient status among young children from Guinea

    • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

    • Scope

      : Aflatoxin exposure coincides with micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries. Animal feeding studies have postulated that aflatoxin exposure may be exacerbating micronutrient deficiencies. Evidence available in human subjects is limited and inconsistent. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between aflatoxin exposure and micronutrient status among young Guinean children.

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  2. Results of a Saxitoxin Proficiency Test Including Characterization of Reference Material and Stability Studies

    • Toxins

    • A saxitoxin (STX) proficiency test (PT) was organized as part of the Establishment of Quality Assurance for the Detection of Biological Toxins of Potential Bioterrorism Risk (EQuATox) project. The aim of this PT was to provide an evaluation of existing methods and the European laboratories’ capabilities for the analysis of STX and some of its analogues in real samples.

      • Shellfish toxins

  3. Optimization of Sample Preparation for the Identification and Quantification of Saxitoxin in Proficiency Test Mussel Sample using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    • Toxins

    • Saxitoxin (STX) and some selected paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) analogues in mussel samples were identified and quantified with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Sample extraction and purification methods of mussel sample were optimized for LC-MS/MS analysis.

      • Shellfish toxins

  4. Determination of Selected Polychlorinated Biphenyl Residues in Meat Products by QuEChERS Method Coupled with Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Chemical contaminants

  5. An immunomagnetic separation/loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid direct detection of thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. during poultry production

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      To develop a rapid test for thermotolerant Campylobacter in poultry faeces.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Analytical performances of food microbiology laboratories – Critical analysis of seven years of proficiency testing results

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aim

      Based on the results of 19 food microbiology proficiency testing (PT) schemes, this study aimed to assess the laboratory performances, to highlight the main sources of unsatisfactory analytical results and to suggest areas of improvement.

  7. Rapid detection of Cronobacter sakazakii by real-time PCR based on the cgcA gene and TaqMan probe with internal amplification control

    • Canadian Journal of Microbiology

    • e-First Articles.

  8. Role of Vibrio cholerae exochitinase ChiA2 in horizontal gene transfer

    • Canadian Journal of Microbiology

    • e-First Articles.

  9. Assessing the performance of novel software strain solution on automated discrimination of Escherichia coli serotypes and their mixtures using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 10 November 2015


      Author(s): Teruyo Ojima-Kato, Naomi Yamamoto, Yoshio Iijima, Hiroto Tamura

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. 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

  11. EUCAST recommendations for antimicrobial susceptibility testing applied to the three main Campylobacter species isolated in humans

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 11 November 2015


      Author(s): Elodie Sifré, Salha Ben Amor, Astrid Ducournau, Pauline Floch, Hubert Chardon, Francis Mégraud, Philippe Lehours

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Three supplementary methods for analyzing cytotoxicity of Escherichia coli O157:H7

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 17 November 2015


      Author(s): Xin Zhang, Yuxia Li, Bingjuan Li, Yan Mao, Xun Wu, Xiaohua Zou, Peng Gao, Hexin Yan, Dan Yang, Yan Ling, Huipeng Chen

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Serological diagnosis of bovine brucellosis using B. melitensis strain B115

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Marialaura Corrente, Costantina Desario, Antonio Parisi, Erika Grandolfo, Domenico Scaltrito, Gesualdo Vesco, Valeriana Colao, Domenico Buonavoglia

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from serum of patients with acute Q fever

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Gemma A. Vincent, Stephen R. Graves, Jennifer M. Robson, Chelsea Nguyen, Hazizul Hussain-Yusuf, Aminul Islam, Stanley G. Fenwick, John Stenos

      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Functional analysis of bacteriophage immunity through a type I-E CRISPR-Cas system in Vibrio cholerae and its application in bacteriophage genome engineering

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Classical and El Tor biotypes of V. cholerae serogroup O1, the etiological agent of cholera, are responsible for the sixth and current seventh pandemics, respectively. A genomic island (GI), GI-24, previously identified in a classical biotype strain of V. cholerae, is predicted to encode CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)-associated proteins; however experimental evidence in support of CRISPR activity in V. cholerae has not been documented.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Oral and Vaginal Tenofovir for Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Shedding in Immunocompetent Women: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Cross-over Trial

    • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    • Background. Tenofovir is a potent anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) agent that decreased risk of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) acquisition in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis trials. Whether tenofovir has utility in established HSV-2 disease is unclear.

  17. A Newly Emerged Swine-Origin Influenza A(H3N2) Variant Dampens Host Antiviral Immunity but Induces Potent Inflammasome Activation

    • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    • We compared the innate immune response to a newly emerged swine-origin influenza A(H3N2) variant containing the M gene from 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1), termed "A(H3N2)vpM," to the immune responses to the 2010 swine-origin influenza A(H3N2) variant and seasonal influenza A(H3N2).

      • Viruses

  18. The global regulatory system Csr senses glucose through the phosphoenolpyruvate: carbohydrate phosphotransferase system

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Tannin-Rich Fraction from Pomegranate Rind Inhibits Quorum Sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum and Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Growth Potential Assessment of Listeria in Milk Fat Products by Challenge Testing

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Journal of Food Protection Indices to Volume 78

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • et al.

  22. Application of a Rapid Knowledge Synthesis and Transfer Approach To Assess the Microbial Safety of Low-Moisture Foods

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Low-moisture foods (LMF) are increasingly implicated in outbreaks of foodborne illness, resulting in a significant public health burden. To inform the development of a new Codex Alimentarius code of hygienic practice for LMF, we applied a rapid knowledge synthesis and transfer approach to review global research on the burden of illness, prevalence, and interventions to control nine selected microbial hazards in eight categories of LMF.

  23. Metals in Mullus surmuletus and Pseudupeneus prayensis from the Canary Islands (Atlantic Ocean)

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • A total of 20 metals (Na, K, Ca, Mg, B, Ba, Co, Cr, Cu, Sr, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, V, Zn, Al, Cd, and Pb) were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry in muscle and liver tissue from a total of 28 examples of the fishes Mullus surmuletus and Pseudupeneus prayensis marketed in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain). Significant differences (P < 0.05) in B, K, Mg, Mn, and Na concentrations were found between muscle and liver.

  24. Levels of Cadmium in White and Brown Meat of Warty Crab (Eriphia verrucosa)

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • European Union regulations that establish the maximum cadmium (Cd) levels for crab take into account only concentrations found in crab muscle (white meat), mainly from appendages; therefore, other organs and tissues (brown meat) are excluded. The objective of the present study was to evaluate Cd levels in both white and brown crab meat, in order to achieve a more complete assessment of health risk related to human consumption of warty crab.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Pilot-Scale Pulsed UV Light Irradiation of Experimentally Infected Raspberries Suppresses Cryptosporidium parvum Infectivity in Immunocompetent Suckling Mice

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Cryptosporidium spp., a significant cause of foodborne infection, have been shown to be resistant to most chemical food disinfectant agents and infective for weeks in irrigation waters and stored fresh vegetal produce. Pulsed UV light (PL) has the potential to inactivate Cryptosporidium spp. on surfaces of raw or minimally processed foods or both.

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites