Unraveling the role of vegetables in spreading antimicrobial-resistant bacteria: a need for quantitative risk assessment

CS Hölzel, JL Tetens, K Schwaiger - Foodborne pathogens and …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
In recent years, vegetables gain consumer attraction due to their reputation of being healthy
in combination with low energy density. However, since fresh produce is often eaten raw, it …

New insights into cross-contamination of fresh-produce

A Possas, F Pérez-Rodríguez - Current Opinion in Food Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Cross-contamination is a primary cause of pathogen contamination in fresh-produce
affecting any point of its production-distribution chain. This work provides a review of the …

Isolation and application of bacteriophages to reduce Salmonella contamination in raw chicken meat

HM Duc, HM Son, K Honjoh, T Miyamoto - Lwt, 2018 - Elsevier
Chicken meats are considered as main sources associated with Salmonella infections in
humans. In this study, lytic phages against Salmonella were isolated and examined for their …

Quantitative microbial risk assessment and sensitivity analysis for workers exposed to pathogenic bacterial bioaerosols under various aeration modes in two …

Y Chen, C Yan, Y Yang, J Ma - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) could emit a large amount of bioaerosols containing
pathogenic bacteria. Assessing the health risks of exposure to these bioaerosols by using …

Uses of bacteriophages as bacterial control tools and environmental safety indicators

P Rogovski, RD Cadamuro, R da Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bacteriophages are bacterial-specific viruses and the most abundant biological form on
Earth. Each bacterial species possesses one or multiple bacteriophages and the specificity …

The risk of transmitting antibiotic resistance through endophytic bacteria

N Scaccia, I Vaz-Moreira, CM Manaia - Trends in Plant Science, 2021 - cell.com
Antibiotic resistance is a global human health threat distributed across humans, animals,
plants, and the environment. Under the One-Health concept (humans, animals, and …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative microbial risk assessment for workers exposed to bioaerosol in wastewater treatment plants aimed at the choice and setup of safety measures

A Carducci, G Donzelli, L Cioni, I Federigi… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Biological risk assessment in occupational settings currently is based on either qualitative or
semiquantitative analysis. In this study, a quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) has …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial risks associated with Ready-To-Eat Fresh Produce (RTEFP)–A focus on temperate climatic conditions

V Bhatia, R Nag, CM Burgess, M Gaffney… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last decade, there has been a significant move toward healthy lifestyle habits and
dietary choices, accelerating the global demand, market trade, and consumption of Ready …

Application of quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) to food spoilage: Principles and methodology

K Koutsoumanis, S Tsaloumi, Z Aspridou… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Management of food safety at the international level has been moved towards a
risk-based approach with regulators and food business operators (FBOs) around the world …

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Antibiotic-Resistant E. coli, Legionella pneumophila, and Mycobacteria in Nonpotable Wastewater Reuse Applications

H Quon, S Jiang - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) have become a major threat to public health and modern
medicine. A simple death kinetics-based dose–response model (SD-DRM) was …