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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
 Epidemiology

2007 projects (pdf file containing summaries)

First Confirmed Zoonotic Transmission of Enterocytozoon bieneusi
 (V. Cama, J. Pearson, L. Cabrera, R. Gilman, S. Meyer, Y.R. Ortega, and L. Xiao)

Enumeration of E. coli O157:H7 in Spinach Outbreak Samples
(L. Ma, G. Zhang, P. Garner-Schmidt, and M. P. Doyle)

Isolation and Enumeration of E. coli O157:H7 from Possible Contaminated Ground Beef Samples
(L. Ma, G. Zhang, P. Gerner-Smidt, and M. P. Doyle)

Isolation and Enumeration of Salmonella from Pot Pies from Oregon
(G. Zhang, L. Ma, V. Phelan, P. Gerner-Smidt, and M.P. Doyle)

The Wide Occurrence of Cryptosporidium bovis and the Deer-like Genotype in Bovines
(Y. Feng, Y. Ortega, G. He, P. Das, X. Zhang, R. Fayer, W. Gatei, V. Cama, and L. Xiao)

Genotypic and Intragenotypic Analyses of Giardia duodenalis in Dairy Cattle
(Y. Feng, Y. Ortega, V. Cama, and L. Xiao)

2006 projects (pdf file containing summaries)

Infections Associated with Cantaloupe Consumption:  A Public Health Concern
(A. Bowen, A. Fry, G. M. Richards and L. R. Beuchat)

Safety of Imported Foods: Microbiological Issues and Challenges
(M.P. Doyle)

Outbreak Investigation of Cyclosporiasis in Naval Recruits in Lima, Peru
(C.C. Mundaca, P.A. Torres-Slimming, R.V. Araujo-Castillo, M. Morán, O. Colina, D. Bacon, Y. Ortega, David L. Blazes, and R. Gilman)

Detection of Oocysts of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Humans, Dogs and Sewer Samples
(Y.R. Ortega, V.A. Cama, A. Robertson, A. Mann, L. Cabrera, C. Taquiri, L. Xiao, and R.H. Gilman)

2005 projects (pdf file containing summaries)

From Egg to Carcass: Tracking the Entry of Poultry Foodborne Pathogens into The Food Chain
(J. J. Maurer, D. Cole, C. Hofacre, and M. P. Doyle)