Fungal pathogens cause significant human morbidity and mortality globally, where there is a
propensity to infect vulnerable people such as the immunocompromised ones. There is …

Background–Despite verbose amount of publications and having gained approval by Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) since 1996 for food-surface disinfection applications, pulsed …

Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp. and Toxoplasma gondii are protozoan parasites
that have been highlighted as emerging foodborne pathogens by the Food and Agriculture …

Safeguarding the seafood industry is important given its contribution to supporting our
growing global population. However, shellfish are filter feeders that bioaccumulate microbial …

Highlights•Pulsed light inactivation kinetics is reviewed.•Microbial growth dependent culture
methods overestimate pulsed light lethality.•Pulsed light kinetics usually follow non-log …

This overview discusses findings from culturing Cryptosporidium spp. in cell and axenic
cultures as well as factors limiting the development of this parasite in cultivation systems …

Nonthermal food processing technologies have received a lot of attention in recent years as
an alternative to conventional heat treatments. The pulsed light treatment (PL) is mostly …

Highlights•Pulsed light (PL) inactivates microorganisms on food surfaces up to 3 log
orders.•PL has minimal impact on food quality that depends upon operational parameters.• …

This constitutes the first study to report on the relationship between pulsed UV light (PL)
irradiation and the simultaneous occurrence of molecular and cellular damage in clinical …

We report for the first time on the comparative use of pulsed-plasma gas-discharge (PPGD)
and pulsed UV light (PUV) for the novel destruction of the waterborne enteroparasite …