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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. Keeping it cool: Survival of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts on lettuce leaves

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology
    • Publication date: 16 August 2017
      , Volume 255

      Author(s): Kjersti Selstad Utaaker, Eystein Skjerve, Lucy J. Robertson

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites
  2. Giardiasis Outbreak Associated with Asymptomatic Food Handlers in New York State, 2015

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 5, Page 837-841, May 2017.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites
  3. Quantitative Shedding of Multiple Genotypes of Cryptosporidium and Giardia by Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in a Major Agricultural Region on the California Central Coast

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 5, Page 819-828, May 2017.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites
  4. The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) as a potential host for rickettsial pathogens in southern Italy

    • PLOS ONE
    • Mario Santoro, Nicola D’Alessio, Anna Cerrone, Maria Gabriella Lucibelli, Giorgia Borriello, Gaetano Aloise, Clementina Auriemma, Nunzia Riccone, Giorgio Galiero

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
  5. Risk-based enteric pathogen reduction targets for non-potable and direct potable use of roof runoff, stormwater, and greywater

    • Microbial Risk Analysis
    • Publication date: Available online 2 March 2017
      Source:Microbial Risk Analysis

      Author(s): Mary E. Schoen, Nicholas J. Ashbolt, Michael A. Jahne, Jay Garland

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Campylobacter
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Norovirus
      • Parasites
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses
  6. Characterization of the efficiency and uncertainty of skimmed milk flocculation for the simultaneous concentration and quantification of water-borne viruses, bacteria and protozoa

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods
    • Publication date: Available online 16 January 2017


      Author(s): Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Yexenia Cardenas-Youngs, Miquel Calvo, Marcelle Figueira Marques da Silva, Ayalkibet Hundesa, Inmaculada Amorós, Yolanda Moreno, Laura Moreno-Mesonero, Rosa Rosell, Lliliane Ganges, Rosa Araujo, Rosina Girones

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
  7. Simulation of enteric pathogen concentrations in locally-collected greywater and wastewater for microbial risk assessments

    • Microbial Risk Analysis
    • Publication date: Available online 9 November 2016
      Source:Microbial Risk Analysis

      Author(s): Michael A. Jahne, Mary E. Schoen, Jay L. Garland, Nicholas J. Ashbolt

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses
      • Parasites
      • Campylobacter
  8. Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay Targeting Eight Parasites Customized to the Korean Population: Potential Use for Detection in Diarrheal Stool Samples from Gastroenteritis Patients

    • PLOS ONE
    • Eun Jeong Won, Soo Hyun Kim, Seung Jung Kee, Jong Hee Shin, Soon Pal Suh, Jong Yil Chai, Dong Wook Ryang, Myung Geun Shin

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites
  9. Enteropathogen infections in canine puppies: (Co-)occurrence, clinical relevance and risk factors

    • Veterinary Microbiology
    • Publication date: 15 November 2016
      , Volume 195

      Author(s): Mirjam Duijvestijn, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Nancy Schuurman, Wim Schijf, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Herman Egberink

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
      • Campylobacter
      • Clostridium perfringens
  10. Identification of Giardia lamblia Assemblage E in Humans Points to a New Anthropozoonotic Cycle

    • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
    • Giardia lamblia is a pathogen transmitted by water and food that causes infection worldwide. Giardia genotypes are classified into 8 assemblages (A–H). Assemblages A and B are detected in humans, but they are potentially zoonotic because they infect other mammalian hosts. Giardia in samples from 44 children was genotyped. Conserved fragments of the genes encoding β-giardin and glutamate dehydrogenase were sequenced and their alignment were carried out with sequences deposited in GenBank.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites
  11. Static Clathrin Assemblies at the Peripheral Vacuole—Plasma Membrane Interface of the Parasitic Protozoan Giardia lamblia

    • PLOS Pathogens
    • Jon Paulin Zumthor, Lenka Cernikova, Samuel Rout, Andres Kaech, Carmen Faso, Adrian B. Hehl

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites
  12. Detection of Zoonotic Enteropathogens in Children and Domestic Animals in a Semirural Community in Ecuador [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    • Animals are important reservoirs of zoonotic enteropathogens, and transmission to humans occurs more frequently in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where small-scale livestock production is common. In this study, we investigated the presence of zoonotic enteropathogens in stool samples from 64 asymptomatic children and 203 domestic animals of 62 households in a semirural community in Ecuador between June and August 2014.

      • Campylobacter
      • Yersinia
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
  13. Vaccination with Bivalent DNA Vaccine of α1-Giardin and CWP2 Delivered by Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium Reduces Trophozoites and Cysts in the Feces of Mice Infected with Giardia lamblia

    • PLOS ONE
    • Xian-Min Feng, Wen-Yu Zheng, Hong-Mei Zhang, Wen-Yan Shi, Yao Li, Bai-Ji Cui, Hui-Yan Wang

      Background

      Giardia lamblia is one of the most common infectious protozoans in human that may cause diarrhea in travelers. Searching for antigens that induced effectively protective immunity has become a key point in the development of vaccine against giardiasis.

      Methodology/Principal Findings

      • Salmonella
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
  14. Predominance of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage AII in Fresh Leafy Vegetables from a Market in Southern Brazil

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • We investigated the presence of Giardia duodenalis cysts and its genotypes in raw leafy vegetables sold in a Brazilian market. These products are different from those sold in most street markets because the producers themselves display and sell their products and rely on specialized technical and sanitary assistance.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites
  15. Microfluidics for effective concentration and sorting of waterborne protozoan pathogens

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods
    • Publication date: July 2016
      , Volume 126

      Author(s): M. Jimenez, H. Bridle

      We report on an inertial focussing based microfluidics technology for concentrating waterborne protozoa, achieving a 96% recovery rate of Cryptosporidium parvum and 86% for Giardia lamblia at a throughput (mL/min) capable of replacing centrifugation. The approach can easily be extended to other parasites and also bacteria.





      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites
  16. Simultaneous detection of the protozoan parasites Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in food matrices and their persistence on basil leaves

    • Food Microbiology
    • Publication date: August 2016
      , Volume 57

      Author(s): Jeanne Hohweyer, Catherine Cazeaux, Emmanuelle Travaillé, Emilie Languet, Aurélien Dumètre, Dominique Aubert, Christine Terryn, Jitender P. Dubey, Nadine Azas, Maryline Houssin, Favennec Loïc, Isabelle Villena, Stéphanie La Carbona

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites
  17. One Health in Practice: A Pilot Project for Integrated Care of Zoonotic Infections in Immunocompromised Children and Their Pets in Chile

    • Zoonoses and Public Health
    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
  18. Aetiology-Specific Estimates of the Global and Regional Incidence and Mortality of Diarrhoeal Diseases Commonly Transmitted through Food

    • PLOS ONE
    • Sara M. Pires, Christa L. Fischer-Walker, Claudio F. Lanata, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Aron J. Hall, Martyn D. Kirk, Ana S. R. Duarte, Robert E. Black, Frederick J. Angulo

      Background

      • Norovirus
      • Shigella
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
      • Viruses
  19. 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
  20. Molecular Detection of Legionella spp. and their associations with Mycobacterium spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and amoeba hosts in a drinking water distribution system

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      Aims

      This study investigated waterborne opportunistic pathogens (OPs) including potential hosts, and evaluated the use of Legionella spp. for indicating microbial water quality for OPs within a full-scale operating drinking water distribution system (DWDS).

      • Campylobacter
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
  21. Pathogen Loading From Canada Geese Faeces in Freshwater: Potential Risks to Human Health Through Recreational Water Exposure

    • Zoonoses and Public Health
    • Canada geese (Branta canadensis) faeces have been shown to contain pathogenic protozoa and bacteria in numerous studies over the past 15 years. Further, increases in both the Canada geese populations and their ideal habitat requirements in the United States (US) translate to a greater presence of these human pathogens in public areas, such as recreational freshwater beaches.

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
  22. Environmental Factors Associated with High Fly Densities and Diarrhea in Vellore, India [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    • Diarrhea causes significant morbidity and mortality in Indian children under 5 years of age. Flies carry enteric pathogens and may mediate foodborne infections. In this study, we characterized fly densities as a determinant of infectious diarrhea in a longitudinal cohort of 160 urban and 80 rural households with 1,274 individuals (27% under 5 years of age) in Vellore, India. Household questionnaires on living conditions were completed at enrollment.

      • Norovirus
      • Shigella
      • Vibrio
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites
      • Viruses
  23. Development of a qRT-PCR method to assess the viability of Giardia intestinalis cysts, Cryptosporidium spp. and Toxoplasma gondii oocysts

    • Food Control
    • Publication date: January 2016
      , Volume 59
      Author(s): Emmanuelle Travaillé , Stéphanie La Carbona , Gilles Gargala , Dominique Aubert , Karine Guyot , Aurélien Dumètre , Isabelle Villena , Maryline Houssin

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Parasites
  24. Reactivation of Giardia lamblia cysts after exposure to low-pressure UV irradiation

    • Canadian Journal of Microbiology
    • e-First Articles.

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites
  25. Intestinal Parasite Infections in Symptomatic Children Attending Hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia

    • PLOS ONE
    • Catrin E. Moore, Phot Nget, Mao Saroeun, Suy Kuong, Seng Chanthou, Varun Kumar, Rachel Bousfield, Johanna Nader, J. Wendi Bailey, Nicholas J. Beeching, Nicholas P. Day, Christopher M. Parry

      Background

      • Giardia lamblia
      • Parasites