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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. Role of landscape context in Toxoplasma gondii infection of invasive definitive and intermediate hosts on a World Heritage Island

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Free-ranging cats are invasive species threatening biodiversity worldwide. They may also impose an environmental risk to humans and livestock through the transmission of zoonotic diseases. We investigated antibody levels against Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging cats and black rats (definitive and representative intermediate hosts) by ELISA and determined their relationships with landscape environmental factors on Tokunoshima Island, Japan, the Natural World Heritage site.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  2. Comparison of a commercial ELISA and indirect hemagglutination assay with the modified agglutination test for detection of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide-distributed zoonotic protozoan parasite which causes toxoplasmosis and has a significant effect on public health. In the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), toxoplasmosis can cause asymptomatic infections, reproductive disorder and even death, which poses a serious threat to the conservation of this rare protected species. Therefore, serological investigation of T.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  3. Sero-prevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild cervids in Denmark

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite capable of infecting possibly all warm-blooded animals including humans, and is one of the most widespread zoonotic pathogens known. Free-ranging wildlife can be valuable sentinels for oocyst contaminated environments, as well as a potential source for human foodborne infection with T. gondii. Here we aimed to determine the sero-prevalence of T.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  4. Toxoplasma gondii in Australian macropods (Macropodidae) and its implication to meat consumption

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide occurring apicomplexan parasite.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  5. Toxoplasma gondii contamination at an animal agriculture facility: Environmental, agricultural animal, and wildlife contamination indicator evaluation

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite of significant public health importance. We attempted to detect T.

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii

  6. Toxoplasma gondii in Australian macropods (Macropodidae) and its implication to meat consumption

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Author(s): Yannick Borkens

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites

  7. Are molecular tools clarifying or confusing our understanding of the public health threat from zoonotic enteric protozoa in wildlife?

    • International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

    • Author(s): Lucy J. Robertson, C. Graham Clark, John J. Debenham, J.P. Dubey, Martin Kváč, Junqiang Li, Francisco Ponce-Gordo, Una Ryan, Gereon Schares, Chunlei Su, Anastasios D. Tsaousis

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites