Publications 2025

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

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

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

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

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