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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. Antimicrobial Resistance Hidden within Multiserovar Salmonella Populations

    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    • Salmonella enterica can exist in food animals as multiserovar populations, and different serovars can harbor diverse antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles. Conventional Salmonella isolation assesses AMR only in the most abundant members of a multiserovar population, which typically reflects their relative abundance in the initial sample. Therefore, AMR in underlying serovars is an undetected reservoir that can readily be expanded upon antimicrobial use.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Spontaneous Selection of Cryptosporidium Drug Resistance in a Calf Model of Infection

    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    • The intestinal protozoan Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of diarrheal disease and mortality in young children. There is currently no fully effective treatment for cryptosporidiosis, which has stimulated interest in anticryptosporidial development over the last ~10 years, with numerous lead compounds identified, including several tRNA synthetase inhibitors.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Quantitative Imaging Analysis of the Spatial Relationship between Antiretrovirals, Reverse Transcriptase Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA, and Collagen in the Mesenteric Lymph Nodes of Nonhuman Primates

    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) persistence in tissue reservoirs is a major barrier to HIV cure. While antiretrovirals (ARVs) suppress viral replication, antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption results in rapid rebound viremia that may originate from lymphoid tissues.

  4. Diffuse Blue Skin in an Adult Male

    • Clinical Infectious Diseases

    • A 57-year-old man with a medical history notable for hypertension presented with 10 days of blue skin discoloration on the bilateral arms and trunk. The discoloration was asymptomatic without any associated pain or itch. His medications included hydrochlorothiazide, olmesartan, and amlodipine with no new medications or exposures. A review of systems was unremarkable.

      • Bacillus cereus

  5. Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein with amilorides correlate with antiviral activity

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • by Sang Ho Park, Haley Siddiqi, Daniela V. Castro, Anna A. De Angelis, Aaron L. Oom, Charlotte A. Stoneham, Mary K. Lewinski, Alex E. Clark, Ben A. Croker, Aaron F. Carlin, John Guatelli, Stanley J. Opella

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. HIV detection by an emergency department HIV screening program during a regional outbreak among people who inject drugs

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Kiran A. Faryar, Rachel M. Ancona, Zachary Reau, Sheryl B. Lyss, Robert S. Braun, Todd Rademaker, Ryane K. Sickles, Michael S. Lyons

      Objective

  7. Application of naïve Bayesian approach in detecting reproducible fatal collision locations on freeway

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Eui-Jin Kim, Oh Hoon Kwon, Shin Hyoung Park, Dong-Kyu Kim, Koohong Chung

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Sinusoidal dilatation and congestion in post-transplant liver biopsies from patients presenting with transaminitis

    • Journal of Clinical Pathology

    • Aims

      Sinusoidal dilatation and congestion (SDC) in liver biopsy may be obstructive (due to venous outflow impairment) or non-obstructive in nature. The significance of this finding in the post-liver transplant setting remains unexplored.

      Methods

      We herein retrospectively analysed all post-transplant liver biopsies showing SDC and examined histopathological features in detail. Association with transaminitis and concurrent graft rejection was assessed.

  9. Virulence profiling of Shigella flexneri and emergence of serotype 2b as a highly virulent shigellosis causing strain in Pakistan

    • Infection, Genetics and Evolution

    • Author(s): Iqbal Nisa, Muhammad Qasim, Arnold Driessen, Jeroen Nijland, Fazal Adnan, Malik Nawaz Shuja, Hazir Rahman

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Cadmium hyperaccumulating mushroom Cystoderma carcharias has two metallothionein isoforms usable for cadmium and copper storage

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Author(s): Jan Sácký, Jiří Černý, Jiří Šantrůček, Jan Borovička, Tereza Leonhardt, Pavel Kotrba

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Comparative assessment of the disinfection effectiveness of thymol and benzalkonium chloride against adapted and non-adapted to thymol biofilm cells of a Salmonella Typhimurium epidemic phage type DT193 strain

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Danae Strantzali, Dimitra Kostoglou, Aikaterini Perikleous, Michael Zestas, Stavroula Ornithopoulou, Florence Dubois-Brissonnet, Efstathios Giaouris

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Comparison of official food control results in Finland between food establishments with and without a certified food safety management system

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): N. Piira, M. Kosola, C. Hellsten, A. Fagerlund, J. Lundén

  13. Proteomic analyses reveal mechanisms of action of biocontrol agents on ochratoxin A repression in Penicillium nordicum

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Micaela Álvarez, Josué Delgado, Félix Núñez, Eva Cebrián, María J. Andrade

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  14. Evaluating the fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. on cucumbers

    • Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Arícia Possas, Guiomar Denisse Posada-Izquierdo, Gonzalo Zurera, Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Effect οf οxygen availability and pH οn adaptive acid tolerance response of immobilized Listeria monocytogenes in structured growth media

    • Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Ifigeneia P. Makariti, Nikos C. Grivokostopoulos, Panagiotis N. Skandamis

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Occurrence, antimicrobial resistance and whole genome sequence analysis of Salmonella Serovars from pig farms in Ilorin, north-Central Nigeria

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): I.A. Raufu, O.A. Ahmed, A. Aremu, J.A. Ameh, R.E. Timme, R.S. Hendriksen, A.G. Ambali

      Salmonella enterica is a foodborne pathogen of global public health importance with developing countries mostly affected. Foodborne outbreaks are often attributed to pork consumption and Salmonella contamination of retail pork is directly linked to the Salmonella prevalence on farm.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Characterisation of Listeria monocytogenes food-associated isolates to assess environmental fitness and virulence potential

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Jessica A. Gray, P. Scott Chandry, Mandeep Kaur, Chawalit Kocharunchitt, John P. Bowman, Edward M. Fox

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Effects of Artemisia ordosica roots on the cadmium adsorption characterization on particulate organic matter and soils

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yulin Xiang, Furen Kang, Qiang Li

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  19. Effectiveness of different type of washing agents on reduction of pesticide residues in orange (Citrus sinensis)

    • LWT

    • Author(s): B. Acoglu, P. Yolci Omeroglu

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of Triketone-Aminopyridines as Potent p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase Inhibitors

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • Exploring novel p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, HPPD) inhibitors has become one of the most promising research directions in herbicide innovation. On the basis of our tremendous interest in exploiting more powerful HPPD inhibitors, we designed a family of benzyl-containing triketone-aminopyridines via a structure-based drug design (SBDD) strategy and then synthesized them.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Diversity of rhizobia and non-rhizobia endophytes isolated from root nodules of Trifolium sp. growing in lead and zinc mine site Guelma, Algeria

    • Archives of Microbiology

    • High concentrations of heavy metals in mine soil disturb the interactions between legumes and microorganisms leading to select strains adapted to these specific conditions. In this work, we analyzed the diversity of fifty strains isolated from Trifolium sp. nodules growing on Pb–Zn mine soil, in the Northeastern of Algeria and highlighted their potential symbiotic traits.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Isolation and characterization of halophilic bacteria with the ability of heavy metal bioremediation and nanoparticle synthesis from Khara salt lake in Iran

    • Archives of Microbiology

    • Increasing environmental pollutants such as heavy metals have become one of the most severe health dangers because of rapid industrialization. Exposure to lead and nickel heavy toxic metals can lead to hazardous diseases affecting most of the organs in humans. Bioremediation is a process that uses the ability of microorganisms or plants to detoxify environmental contaminants at lower costs than physicochemical techniques.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Novel Applications of Non-Invasive Intravesical Botulinum Toxin a Delivery in the Treatment of Functional Bladder Disorders

    • Toxins

    • Although intravesical botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) injection for functional bladder disorders is effective, the injection-related problems—such as bladder pain and urinary tract infection—make the procedure invasive and inconvenient. Several vehicles have recently been developed to deliver BoNT-A without injection, thereby making the treatment less or non-invasive. Laboratory evidence revealed that liposome can carry BoNT-A across the uroepithelium and act on sub-urothelial nerve endings.

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Feline Otitis Externa Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with Mixed Hemolytic Phenotype and Overview of Possible Genetic Backgrounds

    • Antibiotics

    • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of nosocomial infections in humans, but its importance in small animal practice is increasing. Here, we present a case of feline otitis externa (OE) caused by MRSA; both hemolytic and nonhemolytic variants with a stable phenotype were recovered from the external auditory canal after infection was detected by routine otoscopy.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Quantification and Trends of Antimicrobial Use in Commercial Broiler Chicken Production in Pakistan

    • Antibiotics

    • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health challenge and antimicrobial use (AMU) in the livestock sector has been considered as one of the contributing factors towards the development of AMR in bacteria. This study summarizes the results of a point prevalence survey conducted to monitor farm-level AMU in commercial broiler chicken farms in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provinces of Pakistan.