Publications
2025 Peer-reviewed Publications
Al Hakeem, W. G., Oladeinde, A., Li, X., Cho, S., Kassem, I. I., & Rothrock, M. J. Jr. (2025). Campylobacter diversity along the farm-to-fork continuum of pastured poultry flocks in the Southeastern United States. Zoonoses and Public Health, 72(1), 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13184
Deng, X., Li, S., Xu, T., Zhou, Z., Moore, M. M., Timme, R., Zhao, S., Lane, C., Dinsmore, B. A., Weill, F., & Fields, P. I. (2025). Salmonella serotypes in the genomic era: Simplified Salmonella serotype interpretation from DNA sequence data. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 91(3), e0260024. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02600-24
Dogan M, Mann DA, Deng X. Characterization of the spoilage microbial communities in plant-based meat alternatives during refrigerated storage. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Oct 7;13(10):e0165025. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01650-25. Epub 2025 Sep 12. PMID: 40938380; PMCID: PMC12502739.
Esseili, M. A., Narwankar, R., Hooda, R., Costantini, V., Estes, M. K., Vinjé, J., & Kassem, I. I. (2025). Human intestinal enteroids for evaluating the persistence of infectious human norovirus in raw surface freshwater. Science of the Total Environment, 966, 178707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178707
Goshali, B. K., Kapoor, H. K., Dev Kumar, G., Shrestha, S., Juneja, V. K., & Mishra, A. (2025). Effect of nisin and storage temperature on outgrowth of Bacillus cereus spores in pasteurized liquid whole eggs. Foods, 14(3), 532. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14030532
Hammoudi Halat, D., Kassem, I. I., Osman, M., & Manageiro, V. (2025). Editorial: World antimicrobial awareness week. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1543642. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1543642
Hassan, J., Osman, M., Xu, T., Naas, T., Schiff, S. J., Mann, D., Esseili, M. A., Deng, X., & Kassem, I. I. (2025). Monitoring sewage and effluent water is an effective approach for the detection of the mobile colistin resistance genes (mcr) and associated bacterial hosts in the human population and environment in the USA. Environmental Pollution, 366, 125515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125515
He, Y., Zhou, X., Zhang, L., Cui, Y., He, Y., Gehring, A., Deng, X., & Shi, X. (2025). Prediction of antibiotic resistance phenotypes and minimum inhibitory concentrations in Salmonella using machine learning analysis of its pan-genome and pan-resistome features. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2024.0170
Hur, M., & Diez-Gonzalez, F. (2025). Comparison of the inactivation of seven foodborne pathogens and spoilage bacteria under 405 nm blue light treatment in liquid media and on solid surfaces. Microbiology Spectrum. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00093-25
Katz, L. S., Griswold, T., Lindsey, R. L., Lauer, A. C., Im, M. S., Williams, G., Halpin, J. L., Gómez, G. A., Kucerova, Z., Morrison, S., Page, A., Den Bakker, H. C., & Carleton, H. A. (2025). Kalamari: A representative set of genomes of public health concern. Microbiology Resources Announcements, 14(2), e0096324. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00963-24
Khalife, S., Osman, M., Moubayed, S., Kassem, I. I., & El Safadi, D. (2025). Risk factors and hospitalizations associated with pediatric adenovirus and rotavirus infections in Northern Lebanon. Medicina, 61(2), 296. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61020296
Kapoor HK, Appolon CB, Bardsley CA, Kharel K, Schneider KR, Sharma M, Mishra AK, Kumar GD, Pires AFA, Dunn LL, Mishra A. Temporal and Environmental Drivers for Survival of Escherichia coli in Florida Soils Amended with Heat-Treated Poultry Pellets and Composted Poultry Litter. J Food Prot. 2025 Oct 16:100639. doi: 10.1016/j.jfp.2025.100639. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41109531.
Hassan JW, Xu T, Osman M, Schiff SJ, Mann D, Deng X, LeJeune JT, Kassem II. Introduction of the transmissible mobile colistin resistance genes mcr-3 and mcr-9 to the USA via imported seafood. mSphere. 2025 Jul 29;10(7):e0025325. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00253-25. Epub 2025 Jul 7. PMID: 40622135; PMCID: PMC12306178.
Kharel, K., Bardsley, C. A., Appolon, C. B., Dunn, L. L., Kumar, G. D., Prabha, K., Sharma, M., Danyluk, M. D., & Schneider, K. R. (2025). The effect of heat-treated poultry pellets and composted poultry litter on E. coli survival in Southeastern U.S. soils: Florida and Georgia. Journal of Food Protection, 88(1), 100439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100439
Kilani, M., Al-Jamal, H., Kasir, D., Daaboul, D., Hassoun, N., Fayad, S., Yassine, A., Osman, N., Salma, R., El Omari, K., Mallat, H., Yassine, I., Karah, N., Dabboussi, F., Kassem, I. I., & Osman, M. (2025). Exploring risk factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns associated with bacteriuria among Syrian refugees in makeshift camps. Journal of Hospital Infection, 157, 45–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2024.12.012
Mushahidur Rahman, A., Ahmed, S. E., Osman, S. A., Al-Haddad, R. A., Almiski, A., Kamar, R., Abdelrahman, H., Kassem, I. I., Dogliero, A., & Eltai, N. O. (2025). A snapshot of antimicrobial resistance in semi-wild oryx: Baseline data from Qatar. Antibiotics, 14(3), 248. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14030248
Osman M, Yassine I, Hassan J, Ericson JE, Schiff SJ, Ghorbani Tajani A, Bisha B, Hamze M, Kassem II. Critical genomic insights into vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Lebanon. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Sep 2;13(9):e0017125. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00171-25. Epub 2025 Aug 5. PMID: 40762484; PMCID: PMC12403557.
Rafei, R., Zaylaa, M., Diab, M., Kassem, I. I., El Omari, K., Halimeh, F. B., El Moujaber, G., Achour, A., Ismail, B., Mallat, H., Hamze, M., Dabboussi, F., & Osman, M. (2025). Nasopharyngeal carriage, antimicrobial resistance, and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children under five in Lebanon: Baseline data prior to PCV13 introduction. Antibiotics, 14(2), 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14020168
Rivera-Santiago, A., & Diez-Gonzalez, F. (2025). Combination of blue light and chemical sanitizers for inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes dried cells on inert surfaces. Journal of Food Protection, 88(5), 100490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfp.2025.100490
Siceloff AT, Shariat NW. Optimizing Salmonella Recovery From Commercial Poultry Environmental Samples With Selective Preenrichment. J Food Prot. 2025 Sep 26;88(11):100627. doi: 10.1016/j.jfp.2025.100627. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41016510.
Varriano S, Smith JC, Smith OM, Rodrigues PAP, Snipes Z, Roach K, Dawson JL, Shealy J, Dunn LL, Shariat NW, Snyder WE. Wild Birds Pose Unique Food Safety Threats in the US Southeast. Animals (Basel). 2025 Sep 26;15(19):2813. doi: 10.3390/ani15192813. PMID: 41096407; PMCID: PMC12523605.
Wang, J., den Bakker, H. C., & Denes, T. G. (2025). A critical review of metagenomic approaches for foodborne pathogen surveillance. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 65(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2025.2503453