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52
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World Ranking
557
National Ranking
23

Overview

Kurt Houf is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research profile centered on agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output spans several subfields including food science, molecular biology, animal science and zoology, endocrinology, and agronomy and crop science.

The scientist's research addresses key topics such as:

  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Food safety and hygiene
  • Meat and animal product quality
  • Identification and quantification in food
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Animal disease management and epidemiology
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites research

Published work by Kurt Houf often appears in journals including:

  • International Journal of Food Microbiology (6 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (5 publications)
  • Food Control (3 publications)
  • Food Microbiology (2 publications)
  • Microorganisms (2 publications)

Notable recent papers comprise:

  • Drivers, opportunities, and challenges of the European risk-based meat safety assurance system, 2021, Food Control
  • Microbiology and Epidemiology of Escherichia albertii-An Emerging Elusive Foodborne Pathogen, 2022, Microorganisms
  • Beef abattoir interventions in a risk-based meat safety assurance system, 2021, Meat Science
  • Isolation, characterization and antibiotic resistance of Proteus mirabilis from Belgian broiler carcasses at retail and human stool, 2020, Food Microbiology
  • Evaluation of microbial contamination of different pork carcass areas through culture-dependent and independent methods in small-scale slaughterhouses, 2020, International Journal of Food Microbiology

Kurt Houf has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Marie Joossens, Davide Buzzanca, Valentina Alessandria, Kalliopi Rantsiou, and Zhongjia Yu.

Best Publications

  • Arcobacter species in humans.

    Olivier Vandenberg;Anne Dediste;Kurt Houf;Sandra Ibekwem

  • Development of a multiplex PCR assay for the simultaneous detection and identification of Arcobacter butzleri, Arcobacter cryaerophilus and Arcobacter skirrowii

    Kurt Houf;Ann Tutenel;Lieven De Zutter;Jan Van Hoof

  • Development of a new protocol for the isolation and quantification of Arcobacter species from poultry products.

    Kurt Houf;Luc A Devriese;Lieven De Zutter;Jan Van Hoof

  • Arcobacter cibarius sp. nov., isolated from broiler carcasses.

    Kurt Houf;Stephen L. W. On;Tom Coenye;Jan Mast

  • Assessment of the Genetic Diversity among Arcobacters Isolated from Poultry Products by Using Two PCR-Based Typing Methods

    Kurt Houf;Lieven De Zutter;Jan Van Hoof;Peter Vandamme

  • Isolation of Arcobacter skirrowii from a patient with chronic diarrhea.

    Ingrid Wybo;Johan Breynaert;Sabine Lauwers;Flordeliz Lindenburg

  • Isolation of Arcobacter species from animal feces.

    Ellen Van Driessche;Kurt Houf;Jan Van Hoof;Lieven De Zutter

  • Isolation and characterization of the emerging foodborn pathogen Arcobacter from human stool.

    Kurt Houf;Roger Stephan

  • Comparison of five repetitive-sequence-based PCR typing methods for molecular discrimination of Salmonella enterica isolates.

    G. Rasschaert;K. Houf;H. Imberechts;K. Grijspeerdt

  • Prevalence of Arcobacter Species among Humans, Belgium, 2008-2013

    Anne-Marie Van den Abeele;Dirk Vogelaers;Johan Van Hende;Kurt Houf

  • Occurrence of putative virulence genes in Arcobacter species isolated from humans and animals

    Laid Douidah;Lieven de Zutter;Julie Baré;Paul De Vos

  • Prevalence, enumeration and strain variation of Arcobacter species in the faeces of healthy cattle in Belgium.

    Ellen Van Driessche;Kurt Houf;Frédéric Vangroenweghe;Lieven De Zutter

  • Identification of five human and mammal associated Arcobacter species by a novel multiplex-PCR assay.

    Laid Douidah;Lieven De Zutter;Peter Vandamme;Kurt Houf

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of non-jejuni/coli campylobacters and arcobacters from Belgium

    Olivier Vandenberg;Kurt Houf;Nicole Douat;Linda Vlaes

  • Occurrence and distribution of Arcobacter species in poultry processing.

    Kurt Houf;Lieven De Zutter;Jan Van Hoof;Peter Vandamme

  • Contamination of carcasses with Salmonella during poultry slaughter.

    G. Rasschaert;K. Houf;C. Godard;C. Wildemauwe

  • Minimal standards for describing new species belonging to the families Campylobacteraceae and Helicobacteraceae: Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Helicobacter and Wolinella spp.

    Stephen L. W. On;William G. Miller;Kurt Houf;James G. Fox

  • Detection and characterization of Salmonella in lairage, on pig carcasses and intestines in five slaughterhouses.

    E.V. De Busser;D. Maes;K. Houf;J. Dewulf

  • Salmonella control in live pigs and at slaughter.

    Emily Valerie De Busser;Lieven De Zutter;Jeroen Dewulf;Kurt Houf

  • Risk factors for the herd-level bacteriologic prevalence of Salmonella in Belgian slaughter pigs.

    N Nollet;D Maes;L De Zutter;L Duchateau

Frequent Co-Authors

Lieven De Zutter
Lieven De Zutter Ghent University
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University
Jeroen Dewulf
Jeroen Dewulf Ghent University
Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University
Dominiek Maes
Dominiek Maes Ghent University
Richard Ducatelle
Richard Ducatelle Ghent University
Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University
Freddy Haesebrouck
Freddy Haesebrouck Ghent University
Mieke Uyttendaele
Mieke Uyttendaele Ghent University
Dirk Berkvens
Dirk Berkvens Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

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