Preharvest transmission routes of fresh produce associated bacterial pathogens with outbreak potentials: a review

CD Iwu, AI Okoh - International journal of environmental research and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Disease outbreaks caused by the ingestion of contaminated vegetables and fruits pose a
significant problem to human health. The sources of contamination of these food products at …

Irrigation waters as a source of pathogenic microorganisms in produce: a review

Y Pachepsky, DR Shelton, JET McLain, J Patel… - Advances in …, 2011 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that consumption of raw fresh produce is a major factor
contributing to human gastrointestinal illness. A wide variety of pathogens contribute to …

Landscape and meteorological factors affecting prevalence of three food-borne pathogens in fruit and vegetable farms

LK Strawn, ED Fortes, EA Bihn… - Applied and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Produce-related outbreaks have been traced back to the preharvest environment. A
longitudinal study was conducted on five farms in New York State to characterize the …

Salmonella in surface and drinking water: occurrence and water-mediated transmission

C Levantesi, L Bonadonna, R Briancesco… - Food Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
Salmonella is one of the leading causes of intestinal illness all over the world as well as the
etiological agent of more severe systemic diseases such as typhoid and paratyphoid fevers …

Risk factors associated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes contamination of produce fields

LK Strawn, YT Gröhn, S Warchocki… - Applied and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Identification of management practices associated with preharvest pathogen contamination
of produce fields is crucial to the development of effective Good Agricultural Practices …

Are we overestimating risk of enteric pathogen spillover from wild birds to humans?

OM Smith, WE Snyder, JP Owen - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Enteric illnesses remain the second largest source of communicable diseases worldwide,
and wild birds are suspected sources for human infection. This has led to efforts to reduce …

Complex interactions between weather, and microbial and physicochemical water quality impact the likelihood of detecting foodborne pathogens in agricultural water

D Weller, N Brassill, C Rock, R Ivanek… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Agricultural water is an important source of foodborne pathogens on produce farms.
Managing water-associated risks does not lend itself to one-size-fits-all approaches due to …

Occurrence of generic Escherichia coli, E. coli O157 and Salmonella spp. in water and sediment from leafy green produce farms and streams on the Central California …

L Benjamin, ER Atwill, M Jay-Russell, M Cooley… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Irrigation with water of poor microbiological quality can elevate levels of bacteria on
produce. This study aimed to identify climate and management variables associated with …

Effects of climate change on the persistence and dispersal of foodborne bacterial pathogens in the outdoor environment: A review

RS Hellberg, E Chu - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warming of
the climate system is unequivocal. Over the coming century, warming trends such as …

Growth potential of Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes in nine types of ready-to-eat vegetables stored at variable temperature conditions during shelf-life

AS Sant'Ana, MS Barbosa, MT Destro… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Growth potential (δ) is defined as the difference between the population of a microorganism
at the end of shelf-life of specific food and its initial population. The determination of δ of …