Beatriz Aguilar
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Kim M, Shapiro K, Rajal V, Packham A, Aguilar B, Rueda L, et al.
Food Microbiol
. 2021 Jun;
99:103816.
PMID: 34119101
Protozoan contamination in produce is of growing importance due to their capacity to cause illnesses in consumers of fresh leafy greens. Viability assays are essential to accurately estimate health risk...
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Simultaneous detection of four protozoan parasites on leafy greens using a novel multiplex PCR assay
Shapiro K, Kim M, Rajal V, Arrowood M, Packham A, Aguilar B, et al.
Food Microbiol
. 2019 Aug;
84:103252.
PMID: 31421749
Pathogen contamination of fresh produce presents a health risk for consumers; however, the produce industry still lacks adequate tools for simultaneous detection of protozoan parasites. Here, a simple multiplex PCR...
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Manore A, Harper S, Aguilar B, Weese J, Shapiro K
J Microbiol Methods
. 2018 Nov;
156:1-4.
PMID: 30468750
Freeze-thaw DNA extraction methods and PCR primers were compared to optimize detection of Cryptosporidium parvum and Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in different matrices. Increasing FT cycles did not increase parasite DNA...
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Shapiro K, Silver M, Byrne B, Berardi T, Aguilar B, Melli A, et al.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol
. 2018 Sep;
94(11).
PMID: 30239730
Pollution of nearshore waters with disease-causing microorganisms impacts ecosystems health through illness and deaths in people and wildlife, as well as negative socioeconomic consequences of impaired marine resources. Insight on...
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Michaels L, Rejmanek D, Aguilar B, Conrad P, Shapiro K
Parasitology
. 2016 Mar;
143(6):762-9.
PMID: 27003262
Sarcocystis neurona is a terrestrial parasite that can cause fatal encephalitis in the endangered Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis). To date, neither risk factors associated with marine contamination nor...
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Aleman M, Shapiro K, Siso S, Williams D, Rejmanek D, Aguilar B, et al.
Neuromuscul Disord
. 2015 Nov;
26(1):85-93.
PMID: 26522989
Recent reports of Sarcocystis fayeri-induced toxicity in people consuming horse meat warrant investigation on the prevalence and molecular characterization of Sarcocystis spp. infection in horses. Sarcocysts in skeletal muscle of...
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Shapiro K, Miller M, Packham A, Aguilar B, Conrad P, VanWormer E, et al.
Parasitology
. 2015 Oct;
143(3):276-88.
PMID: 26494610
Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona are protozoan parasites with terrestrial definitive hosts, and both pathogens can cause fatal disease in a wide range of marine animals. Close monitoring of threatened...
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Davidson M, Berardi T, Aguilar B, Byrne B, Shapiro K
FEMS Microbiol Ecol
. 2015 Mar;
91(3).
PMID: 25764565
The bacterium Salmonella enterica can infect marine mammals and has been increasingly implicated in seafood-borne disease outbreaks in humans. Despite the risk this zoonotic agent poses to animals and people,...
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Shapiro K, VanWormer E, Aguilar B, Conrad P
Environ Microbiol
. 2014 Nov;
17(11):4177-88.
PMID: 25367256
Coastal habitat contamination with Toxoplasma gondii is a health risk to humans and marine wildlife, with infections documented in both nearshore and pelagic marine mammals. Due to lack of sensitive...
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Rejmanek D, VanWormer E, Mazet J, Packham A, Aguilar B, Conrad P
J Parasitol
. 2010 Jun;
96(3):516-20.
PMID: 20557196
To investigate how different routes of Toxoplasma gondii transmission influence the antibody response and infection status of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), 80 mice were orally infected with 1, 5, 10,...