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    • Approaches to empower the implementation of new tools to detect and prevent foodborne pathogens in food processing 
      Rivera, Dácil; Toledo, Viviana; Reyes-Jara, Angélica; Navarrete, Paola; Tamplin, Mark; Kimura, Bon; Wiedmann, Martin; Silva, Primal; Moreno Switt, Andrea I. (Academic Press, 2018)
      © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Foodborne pathogens cause an important public health burden, which is estimated in 600 million cases and more than 400,000 deaths, globally every year. The most susceptible populations, such as children ...
    • Backyard farms represent a source of wide host range salmonella phages that lysed the most common salmonella ... 
      Rivera, Dacil; Toledo, Viviana; Di Pillo, Francisca; Dueñas, Fernando; Tardone, Rodolfo; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher; Vongkamjan, Kitiya; Wiedmann, Martin; Moreno Switt, Andrea I. (International Association Food Protection, 2018)
      The genus Salmonella has more than 2,600 serovars, and this trait is important when considering interventions for Salmonella control. Bacteriophages that are used for biocontrol must have an exclusively lytic cycle and the ...
    • Genomic diversity of listeria monocytogenes isolated from clinical and non-clinical samples in Chile 
      Toledo, Viviana; Den Bakker, Henk; Hormazábal, Juan; González-Rocha, Gerardo; Bello-Toledo, Helia; Toro, Magaly; Moreno-Switt, Andrea (MDPI AG, 2018)
      Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, which is an uncommon but severe infection associated with high mortality rates in humans especially in high-risk groups. This bacterium survives a variety of ...
    • IL-17A levels increase in the infarcted region of the left ventricle in a rat model of myocardial infarction 
      Ávalos, Ana María; Apablaza, Felipe A.; Quiroz, Mariana; Toledo, Viviana; Peña, Juan Pedro; Michea Acevedo, Luis; Irarrázabal, Carlos E.; Carrión, Flavio A.; Figueroa, Fernando E. (Society of Biology of Chile, 2012)
      Th17 cells, a recently described subtype of CD4+ effector lymphocytes, have been linked to cell-mediated autoimmune and inflammatory diseases as well as to cardiovascular diseases. However, the participation of IL-17A in ...
    • Research on major water and foodborne pathogens in South America: advancements and gaps 
      Adell, Aiko; Rivera, Dacil; Díaz, Constanza; Serrano, María; Toledo, Viviana; Moreno Switt, Andrea (Elsevier, 2018-04)
      The aim of this review was to understand the research that has been conducted in South American countries to detect or quantify major water and foodborne pathogens, with the aim of identifying advancements and gaps in food ...
    • Short communication: Characterization of Salmonella phages from dairy calves on farms with history of diarrhea 
      Dueñas, Fernando; Rivera, Dácil; Toledo, Viviana; Tardone, Rodolfo; Hervé Claude, Luis Pablo; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher; Moreno Switt, Andrea I. (Elsevier, 2017)
      Salmonella enterica can cause disease and mortality in calves. This pathogen is also a zoonosis that can be transmitted by animal contact or by food. The prevalence of Salmonella in dairy farms has been reported to range ...