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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. Determination of Genomic Epidemiology of Historical Clostridium perfringens Outbreaks in New York State by Use of Two Web-Based Platforms: National Center for Biotechnology Information Pathogen Detection and FDA GalaxyTrakr

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Clostridium perfringens is the second leading cause of bacterial foodborne illness in the United States. The Wadsworth Center (WC) at the New York State Department of Health enumerates infectious dose from primary patient and food samples and, until recently, identified C. perfringens to the species level only. We investigated whether whole-genome sequence-based subtyping could benefit epidemiological investigations of this pathogen, as it has with other enteric organisms.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium perfringens

  2. Diagnostic Accuracy of Nucleic Acid Amplification-Based Assays for Clostridium perfringens-Associated Diseases: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Timely and accurate methods for detecting Clostridium perfringens-associated diseases (CPAD) are crucial to improve patient care. A number of studies have evaluated the accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) in detecting CPAD, but decisive results about their effectiveness have not been reported. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic performance of NAAT for detecting C. perfringens in clinical diarrheal samples.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Metagenomic Approach for Identification of the Pathogens Associated with Diarrhea in Stool Specimens [Bacteriology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • The potential to rapidly capture the entire microbial community structure and/or gene content makes metagenomic sequencing an attractive tool for pathogen identification and the detection of resistance/virulence genes in clinical settings.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Norovirus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses