Batol Al-Adhami, Ph.D.
CFIA Saskatoon Laboratory
Centre for Foodborne and Animal Parasitology, Saskatoon Laboratory,
116 Veterinary Road
Saskatoon SK S7N 2R3
Email: Batol.Al-Adhami@inspection.gc.ca
Research Interests:
My research focuses on the development of methods for detecting and isolating coccidian parasites (Toxoplasma, Cyclospora and Cryptosporidium) in food, water and environmental samples.
Keywords: Toxoplasma, Cyclospora, Cryptosporidium.
Recent Publications:
Al-Adhami, B., Huby-Chilton, F., Chilton, N., Martinez-Perez, A., Blais, B. and Gajadhar, A. 2008. Non-isotopic single strand conformation polymorphism analysis for the rapid discrimination of Salmonella strains. J. Food. Prot. 71, 1960-1966.
Sato, H., Al-Adhami, B.H., Une, Y. and Kamiya, H. 2007. Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) kuseli sp. n. (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida) in Siberian flying squirrels (Pteromys volans). Parasitol. Res. 101, 453-461.
Smith, H.V., Al-Adhami, B.H., Nichols, R.A.B., Kusel, J.R. and O’Grady, J. 2007. Towards methods for detecting UV-induced damage in individual Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis oocysts by immunofluorescence microscopy (Review). In Giardia and Cryptosporidium: Molecules, Genes and Disease. Published by CABI International.
Kusel, J.R., Al-Adhami, B.H. & Doenhoff, M.J. 2007. The schistosome in the mammalian host: Understanding the mechanisms of adaptation (Review). Parasitology 134, 1477-1562.
Al-Adhami, B.H., Nichols, R.A.B, Kusel, J. R. O’Grady, J. & Smith, H.V. 2007. Detection of UV-induced thymine dimers in individual Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis oocysts by immunofluorescence microscopy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, 947-955.