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BSFM 2023- L. monocytogenes in Plant-Based Foods: insights from of a recent foodborne outbreak linked to vegan alternative to cheese
Materials and Methods Food samples were collected by the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) and analysed at the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for Foodborne outbreaks ...
Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling
a proof-of-concept, we explored the use of adaptive sampling using various databases (depletion of the food matrix i.e. potato, enrichment of a selection of foodborne pathogens, enrichment of a database of ...
RNA sequencing of avian paramyxovirus (Paramyxoviridae, Avulavirinae) isolates from wild mallards in Belgium, 2021: complete genomes and coinfections.
influenza virus (AIV) coinfection in all three virus isolates, confirming weak-positive AIV realtime RT- PCR results from the original sample material. In one AOAV-1 isolate, partial sequences covering all ...
Application of the Nagoya Protocol to veterinary pathogens: concerns for the control of foot-and-mouth disease.
awareness of the Nagoya Protocol, and to highlight its impacts on the regular exchange and utilisation of biological materials collected from clinical cases which underpin FMD research activities, and work to ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
based on the sequencing of all genetic material of the sample without isolation has become available some years ago, e.g. shotgun metagenomics. It allows to get a screenshot of every microbiological ...
Serologic screening for 13 infectious agents in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Flanders.
we conducted a serologic screening in 12 hunting areas. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Roe deer sera collected between 2008 and 2013 (n=190) were examined for antibodies against 13 infectious agents, using ...
Detection of total and PRRSV-specific antibodies in oral fluids collected with different rope types from PRRSV-vaccinated and experimentally infected pigs.
pathogens. Until now, the most commonly used method to collect oral fluid is by hanging a cotton rope in a pen. However, concerns about the influence of rope material on subsequent immunological assays have ...
Commutability of food microbiology proficiency testing samples.
laboratories. PT items should be close to routine samples to accurately evaluate the acceptability of the methods. However, most PT providers distribute exclusively artificial samples such as reference materials ...
Non-sterile pharmaceutical water: source of life and/or potential carrier for opportunistic pathogens
synthesis, during production of the finished product or as a cleaning agent for rinsing vessels, equipment, primary packaging materials, etc. Depending on the pharmaceutical application, different grades of ...
BSFM 2022- International outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a chocolate factory in 2022: Belgian findings
(cluster 2). The investigation of the outbreak as well as measures taken are presented. Materials and Methods Probable and confirmed cases were identified using ECDC case definitions. Raw materials and ...