• Comparison of six commercial systems for the detection of non-O157 STEC in meat and vegetables 

      Costa, Magdalena; Sucari, Adriana; Epszteyn, Sergio; Oteiza, Juan Martín; Gentiluomo, Jimena; Melamed, Celia; Figueroa, Yamila; Mingorance, Santiago Emmanuel; Grisaro, Agustina; Spioussas, Silvia; Buffoni Almeida, Mariana; Caruso, Mailen; Pontoni, Andrés; Signorini, Marcelo; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal (Elsevier, 2019-12)
      Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are important pathogens transmitted by food that may cause severe illness in human beings. Thus, systems for STEC detection in food should have increasingly higher sensitivity ...
    • Comprehensive evaluation and implementation of improvement actions in bovine abattoirs to reduce pathogens exposure 

      Costa, Magdalena; Pracca, Gabriela; Sucari, Adriana; Galli, Lucía; Ibargoyen, José; Gentiluomo, Jimena; Brusa, Victoria; Martinez Zugazua, Matías; Figueroa, Yamila; Londero, Alejandra; Rogé, Ariel Diego; Silva, Hernán; Ploeg, Claudia A. Van Der; Signorini, Marcelo; Oteiza, Juan Martín; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal (Elsevier, 2020-03)
      The slaughter process plays an important role in animal welfare, meat quality, safety and public health through the meat production chain. In this study, we performed a three-stage evaluation: I) comprehensive evaluation, ...
    • Comprehensive evaluation and implementation of improvement actions in butcher shops 

      Leotta, Gerardo Anibal; Brusa, Victoria; Galli, Lucía; Adriani, Cristian; Linares, Luciano Hector; Etcheverría, Analía Inés; Sanz, Marcelo Eduardo; Sucari, Adriana; Peral Garcia, Pilar; Signorini, Marcelo (Plos One, 2016-09-12)
      Foodborne pathogens can cause acute and chronic diseases and produce a wide range of symptoms. Since the consumption of ground beef is a risk factor for infections with some bacterial pathogens, we performed a comprehensive ...
    • Evaluation of intervention measures at different stages of the production chain in Argentinian exporting abattoirs 

      Brusa, Victoria; Restovich, Viviana; Signorini, Marcelo; Pugin, Daniela; Galli, Lucía; Ruíz Díaz, Vanesa; Arias, Romina; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal (Sage Publications, 2019-09)
      Antimicrobial treatments could help to decrease the transmission of microorganisms to beef carcasses and abattoir environments. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in reducing Shiga ...
    • Isolation and characterization of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from beef carcasses, cuts and trimmings of abattoirs in Argentina 

      Brusa, Victoria; Restovich, Viviana; Galli, Lucía; Teitelbaum, David; Signorini, Marcelo; Brasesco, Hebe; Londero, Alejandra; García, Diego; Padola, Nora Lía; Superno, Valeria; Sanz, Marcelo; Petroli, Sandra; Costa, Magdalena; Bruzzone, Mariana; Sucari, Adriana; Ferreghini, Marcela; Linares, Luciano; Suberbie, Germán; Rodriguez, Hector Ricardo; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal (2017-08-22)
      Several foods contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are associated with human diseases. Some countries have established microbiological criteria for non-O157 STEC, thus, the absence of serogroups ...
    • Prioritization of vegetable-borne biological hazards in Argentina using a multicriteria decision analysis tool 

      Brusa, Victoria; Costa, Magdalena; Oteiza, Juan Martín; Galli, Lucía; Barril, Patricia Angélica; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal; Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro (SAGE Publications, 2023-06)
      Vegetables, especially those eaten raw, have been implicated in several foodborne disease outbreaks. Since multiple vegetable matrices and hazards are involved, risk managers have to prioritize those with the greatest ...
    • Quantitative microbial risk assessment of haemolytic uremic syndrome associated with Argentinean kosher beef consumption in Israel 

      Brusa, Victoria; Dolev, Sergio; Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal (Plos ONE, 2023-08)
      The aim of this study was to perform a quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli hemolytic uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS) linked to the consumption of Kosher beef produced in ...
    • Quantitative risk assessment of haemolytic uremic syndrome associated with beef consumption in Argentina 

      Brusa, Victoria; Costa, Magdalena; Padola, Nora Lía; Etcheverría, Analía Inés; Sampedro, Fernando; Fernandez, Pablo S.; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal; Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro (Plos One, 2020-11)
      We developed a quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) of haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-contaminated beef (intact beef cuts, ground beef and ...
    • Quantitative risk assessment of listeriosis associated with fermented sausage and dry-cured pork shoulder consumption in Argentina 

      Brusa, Victoria; Prieto, Monica; Campos, Carmen A.; Epszteyn, Sergio; Cuesta, Alicia; Renaud, Viviana; Schembri, Gustavo; Vanzini, Mónica; Michanie, S.; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal; Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro (Elsevier, 2020-10)
      The risk of acquiring listeriosis from consuming fermented sausages and dry-cured pork shoulder (capicola/bondiola) in Argentina was estimated using quantitative microbiological risk assessment. The model included data ...