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Marion Simmons
Researcher at Animal and Plant Health Agency
Publications - 178
Citations - 6637
Marion Simmons is an academic researcher from Animal and Plant Health Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scrapie & Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 166 publications receiving 5441 citations. Previous affiliations of Marion Simmons include Veterinary Laboratories Agency & Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
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Update of the list of QPS-recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 13: suitability of taxonomic units notified to EFSA until September 2020.
Kostas Koutsoumanis,Ana Allende,Avelino Alvarez-Ordóñez,Declan Bolton,Sara Bover-Cid,Marianne Chemaly,Robert Davies,Alessandra De Cesare,Friederike Hilbert,Roland Lindqvist,Maarten Nauta,Luísa Peixe,Giuseppe Ru,Marion Simmons,Panagiotis N. Skandamis,Elisabetta Suffredini,Pier Sandro Cocconcelli,Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez,Miguel Prieto Maradona,Amparo Querol,Lolke Sijtsma,Juan E. Suárez,Ingvar Sundh,Just M. Vlak,Fulvio Barizzone,Michaela Hempen,Lieve Herman +26 more
TL;DR: The identity, body of knowledge, safety concerns and antimicrobial resistance of valid taxonomic units were assessed and Lactobacillus animalis was a new taxonomic unit recommended to have the QPS status.
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Scientific Opinion on the update of the list of QPS-recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA
Antonia Ricci,Ana Allende,Declan Bolton,Marianne Chemaly,Robert Davies,Rosina Girones,Lieve Herman,Konstantinos Koutsoumanis,Roland Lindqvist,Birgit Nørrung,Lucy J. Robertson,Giuseppe Ru,Moez Sanaa,Marion Simmons,Panagiotis N. Skandamis,Emma Snary,Niko Speybroeck,Benno H. ter Kuile,John Threlfall,Helene Wahlström,Pier Sandro Cocconcelli,Günter Klein,Miguel Prieto Maradona,Amparo Querol,Luísa Peixe,Juan E. Suárez,Ingvar Sundh,Just M. Vlak,Margarita Aguilera-Gómez,Fulvio Barizzone,Rosella Brozzi,Sandra Correia,Leng Heng,Frederique Istace,Christopher Lythgo,Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez +35 more
TL;DR: The exclusion of filamentous fungi and enterococci from the QPS evaluations was reconsidered but monitoring will be maintained and the status will be re‐evaluated in the next QPS Opinion update.
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Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat foods and the risk for human health in the EU.
Antonia Ricci,Ana Allende,Declan Bolton,Marianne Chemaly,Robert Davies,Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez,Rosina Girones,Lieve Herman,Konstantinos Koutsoumanis,Birgit Nørrung,Lucy J. Robertson,Giuseppe Ru,Moez Sanaa,Marion Simmons,Panagiotis N. Skandamis,Emma Snary,Niko Speybroeck,Benno H. ter Kuile,John Threlfall,Helene Wahlström,Johanna Takkinen,Martin Wagner,Davide Arcella,Maria Teresa Da Silva Felicio,Marios Georgiadis,Winy Messens,Roland Lindqvist +26 more
TL;DR: Quantitative modelling suggests that more than 90% of invasive listeriosis is caused by ingestion of RTE food containing > 2,000 colony forming units (CFU)/g, and that one‐third of cases are due to growth in the consumer phase.
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Prevalent abnormal prion protein in human appendixes after bovine spongiform encephalopathy epizootic: large scale survey
ON Gill,Y. I. Spencer,Angela Richard-Loendt,C Kelly,Reza Dabaghian,Boyes L,Jacqueline M. Linehan,Marion Simmons,Paul R. Webb,P. Bellerby,Nick Andrews,David A Hilton,James W. Ironside,John Beck,Mark Poulter,Simon Mead,Sebastian Brandner +16 more
TL;DR: This study corroborates previous studies and suggests a high prevalence of infection with abnormal PrP, indicating vCJD carrier status in the population compared with the 177 vC JD cases to date.
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First case of chronic wasting disease in Europe in a Norwegian free-ranging reindeer.
TL;DR: The first case of CWD in Europe is reported, in a Norwegian free-ranging reindeer in Southern Norway, and the origin of the disease is unknown.