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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. Correlations between the degree of infection by wild strain of Toxoplasma gondii in vitro and porcine hematological parameters

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • The apicomplexa Toxoplasma gondii is capable of actively proliferating in numerous types of nucleated cells, and therefore has a high potential for dissemination and resistance. Thus, the present work aimed to correlate the inoculum concentrations and amount of post-infection parasites with porcine hematological parameters (including biochemistry) through in vitro culture.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  2. Biogenic silver nanoparticles (AgNp-Bio) restore testosterone levels and increase TNF-α and IL-6 in Leydig cells infected with Toxoplasma gondii

  3. Evaluation of anti-parasitic activities of new quinolones containing nitrofuran moiety against Toxoplasma gondii

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Toxoplasmosis is a disease with a worldwide prevalence that is caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine are two pharmacological agents commonly used to treat of this infection. However, they are accompanied by some side effects. Therefore, the identifying of new drugs with low toxocytosis seems to be a matter of vital importance.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  4. The correlation of TNF alpha levels with acute phase proteins in acute Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Acute Toxoplasma gondii infections can influence the liver as well as other organs.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  5. Epidemiological investigation and reinfection evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii in chickens in Shandong Province, China

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Toxoplasma gondii infects almost all warm-blooded animals, and toxoplasmosis is a common zoonotic parasitic disease worldwide. A nested PCR with high specificity and sensitivity was developed in this study based on the data collected on the infection rate of toxoplasmosis in chickens in Shandong province, and the effect of low temperature on the infectivity of tachyzoites was investigated. The sampling data showed that the total prevalence of T.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  6. Identification of Toxoplasma gondii adhesins through a machine learning approach

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Toxoplasma gondii, as other apicomplexa, employs adhesins transmembrane proteins for binding and invasion to host cells. Search and characterization of adhesins is pivotal in understanding Apicomplexa invasion mechanisms and targeting new druggable candidates. This work developed a machine learning software called ApiPredictor UniQE V2.0, based on two approaches: support vector machines and multilayer perceptron, to predict adhesins proteins from amino acid sequences.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  7. Temperature is a key factor influencing the invasion and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in fish cells

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Author(s): Yun Yang, Shao-Meng Yu, Ke Chen, Geoff Hide, Zhao-Rong Lun, De-Hua Lai

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites

  8. Comparative evaluation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) vs qPCR for detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts DNA in mussels.

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Author(s): Loïc Durand, Stéphanie La Carbona, Alain Geffard, Alessia Possenti, Jitender P. Dubey, Marco Lalle

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites

  9. Risk-based surveillance for meat-borne parasites

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Author(s): Alban L, B. Häsler, G. van Schaik, Ruegg S

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  10. How globalization and climate change could affect foodborne parasites

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Author(s): Edoardo Pozio

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Cyclospora cayetanensis

  11. Inter- and intra-genotype differences in induced cystogenesis of recombinant strains of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from chicken and pigs

    • Experimental Parasitology

    • Author(s): Müller Ribeiro-Andrade, Jéssica de Crasto Souza Carvalho, Renato Amorim da Silva, Maria da Conceição Carvalho, Wagnner José Nascimento Porto, Rinaldo Aparecido Mota

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites