Katarina Pintar, M.Sc., Ph.D.
A/Manager
Centre for Food-Borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CFEZID)
Public Health Agency of Canada
Floor 2, Room 213A-06
130 Colonnade Rd.
Ottawa, ON N1H 8J1
Email: Katarina.Pintar@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Research Interests:
I am interested in the surveillance of Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Cyclospora in the environment (water, farms) and in food, as well as in humans. I am involved in an integrated enteric disease surveillance system, with access to human disease and exposure data (and a sampling frame) in two sentinel sites (ON and BC), with plans for additional expansion to other communities in Canada.
Recent Publications:
Roche, S., Jones, A.Q.J., Majowicz, S., Pintar, K.D.M. Drinking water consumption patterns in Canadian communities (2001-2007). Submitted to Journal of Water and Health, January 2011
Dixon, B., Parrington, L., Cook, A., Pintar, K.D.M., Pollari, F., Kelton, D., Farber, J. 2011 The potential for zoonotic transmission of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. from beef and dairy cattle in Ontario, Canada Veterinary Parasitology;175;20-26
Pintar, K.D.M., Fazil, A. Pollari, F., Waltner-Toews, D., Charron, D., McEwen, S.A., Fazil, A., Nesbitt, A. (Submitted 2010, under revision) Assessing the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium via consumption of municipally treated drinking water from a surface water source in a South-western Ontario community. Risk Analysis.
Pintar, K.D.M., Pollari, F., Waltner-Toews, D., Charron, D., McEwen, S.A., Fazil, A., Nesbitt, A. 2010 A risk assessment model to evaluate the role of fecal contamination in recreational water on the incidence of cryptosporidiosis at the community level in Ontario Risk Analysis; 30(1); 49-64.
Pintar, K.D.M., Pollari, F., Waltner-Toews, D., Charron, D., McEwen, S.A., Fazil, A., Nesbitt, A. 2009 A modified case-control study of cryptosporidiosis (using non-Cryptosporidium infected enteric cases as controls) in a Southwestern Ontario community. Epidemiology and Infection; 137; 1789-1799