• 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, ...
    • Meta-analysis of the prevalence of norovirus and hepatitis a virus in berries 

      Miotti, Camila; Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro; Oteiza, Juan Martín; Prez, Verónica Emilse; Barril, Patricia Angélica (Elsevier, 2024-03)
      Norovirus (NoV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) stand as the predominant agents associated with viral foodborne infections. Outbreaks have been documented to be caused by various types of food items, including fresh and/or ...
    • Potential of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated From Different Forages as Silage Inoculants for Improving Fermentation Quality and Aerobic Stability 

      Puntillo, Melisa; Gaggiotti, Monica Del Carmen; Oteiza, Juan Martín; Binetti, Ana; Massera, Ariel Fernando; Vinderola, Celso Gabriel (Frontiers Media, 2020-12)
      We aimed at isolating lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from different plant materials to study their crossed-fermentation capacity in silos and to find strains able to confer enhanced aerobic stability to silage. A total of 129 ...
    • 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 ...