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Sofia Boqvist is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily lies within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Food Science. Additionally, their work involves Biotechnology, Pollution, Animal Science and Zoology, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences as subfields of study.

Their research addresses several specific topics including:

  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Food Safety and Hygiene
  • Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Sofia Boqvist has co-authored publications with several frequently collaborating researchers such as Ingrid Hansson, Ivar Vågsholm, Susanna Sternberg Lewerin, Shuvo Singha, and Ylva Persson, indicating ongoing teamwork in related fields of study.

The scientist has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, with notable recent papers including:

  • Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability-Getting the Trade-Offs Right (2020), Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus in Chicken Meat and Pork from Cambodian Markets (2021), Pathogens
  • COVID-19, Livestock Systems and Food Security in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review of an Emerging Literature (2021), Pathogens
  • Microbial communities and food safety aspects of crickets (Acheta domesticus) reared under controlled conditions (2020), Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
  • Occurrence and aetiology of subclinical mastitis in water buffalo in Bangladesh (2021), Journal of Dairy Research

Frequently appearing publication venues for their work include Antibiotics, Pathogens, SSRN Electronic Journal, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, and Journal of Insects as Food and Feed.

Best Publications

  • A large Escherichia coli O157 outbreak in Sweden associated with locally produced lettuce.

    A. Söderström;P. Österberg;A. Lindqvist;B. Jönsson

  • Future threats to agricultural food production posed by environmental degradation, climate change, and animal and plant diseases – a risk analysis in three economic and climate settings

    Jens F. Sundström;Ann Albihn;Sofia Boqvist;Karl Ljungvall

  • A Study of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Relating to Brucellosis among Small-Scale Dairy Farmers in an Urban and Peri-Urban Area of Tajikistan

    Elisabeth Lindahl;Nosirjon Sattorov;Sofia Boqvist;Ulf Magnusson

  • Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to African Swine Fever Within Smallholder Pig Production in Northern Uganda

    E. Chenais;E. Chenais;S. Boqvist;S. Sternberg-Lewerin;U. Emanuelson

  • Sources of sporadic Yersinia enterocolitica infection in children in Sweden, 2004 : a case-control study

    S Boqvist;H Pettersson;Åke Svensson;Y Andersson

  • Occurrence of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Mosquito Vectors in Relation to Urban Pig Holdings

    Johanna Lindahl;Jan Chirico;Sofia Boqvist;Ho Thi Viet Thu

  • Food safety challenges and One Health within Europe

    Sofia Boqvist;Karin Söderqvist;Ivar Vågsholm

  • Circulation of Japanese encephalitis virus in pigs and mosquito vectors within Can Tho city, Vietnam.

    Johanna F. Lindahl;Karl Ståhl;Jan Chirico;Sofia Boqvist

  • Feed-borne outbreak of Salmonella cubana in Swedish pig farms: risk factors and factors affecting the restriction period in infected farms.

    J Österberg;I Vågsholm;S Boqvist;S Sternberg Lewerin

  • Salmonella Isolated from Animals and Feed Production in Sweden Between 1993 and 1997

    S Boqvist;I Hansson;U Nord Bjerselius;C Hamilton

  • Identifying climate-sensitive infectious diseases in animals and humans in Northern regions.

    Anna Omazic;Helena Bylund;Sofia Boqvist;Ann Högberg

  • Antimicrobials in small-scale urban pig farming in a lower middle-income country - arbitrary use and high resistance levels.

    G. Ström;S. Boqvist;A. Albihn;A. Albihn;L.-L. Fernström

  • Animal- and herd-level risk factors for leptospiral seropositivity among sows in the Mekong delta, Vietnam.

    S. Boqvist;B.L. Chau;A. Gunnarsson;E. Olsson Engvall

  • Summary of the Swedish Campylobacter program in broilers, 2001 through 2005.

    I. Hansson;L. Plym Forshell;P. Gustafsson;S. Boqvist;S. Boqvist

  • Prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus in Chicken Meat and Pork from Cambodian Markets.

    Chea Rortana;Chea Rortana;Hung Nguyen-Viet;Sothyra Tum;Fred Unger

  • Quantitative assessment of social and economic impact of African swine fever outbreaks in northern Uganda.

    Erika Chenais;Erika Chenais;Sofia Boqvist;Ulf Emanuelson;Claudia von Brömssen

  • Manure management and public health : Sanitary and socio-economic aspects among urban livestock-keepers in Cambodia

    Gunilla Ström;Ann Albihn;Ann Albihn;Tomas Jinnerot;Sofia Boqvist

  • Household practices related to disease transmission between animals and humans in rural Cambodia

    Kristina Osbjer;Sofia Boqvist;Seng Sokerya;Chheng Kannarath

  • A cross sectional observational study to estimate herd level risk factors for Leptospira spp. serovars in small holder dairy cattle farms in southern Chile.

    Miguel Salgado;Barbara Otto;Errol Sandoval;German Reinhardt

  • African swine fever outbreak on a medium-sized farm in Uganda: biosecurity breaches and within-farm virus contamination

    Erika Chenais;Susanna Sternberg-Lewerin;Sofia Boqvist;Lihong Liu

  • Prevalence of and factors associated with Brucella sero-positivity in cattle in urban and peri-urban Gulu and Soroti towns of Uganda

    Denis Rwabiita Mugizi;Sofia Boqvist;George William Nasinyama;Charles Waiswa

  • Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Brucella Isolates in Cattle Milk in Uganda

    Denis Rwabiita Mugizi;Shaman Muradrasoli;Sofia Boqvist;Joseph Erume

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivar Vågsholm
Ivar Vågsholm Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Karl Ståhl
Karl Ståhl National Veterinary Institute
Susanna Sternberg Lewerin
Susanna Sternberg Lewerin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ulf Emanuelson
Ulf Emanuelson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Stefan Bertilsson
Stefan Bertilsson Swedish Research Council
Hilpi Rautelin
Hilpi Rautelin Uppsala University
Ake Lundkvist
Ake Lundkvist Uppsala University
Charles Waiswa
Charles Waiswa Makerere University
A. Gunnarsson
A. Gunnarsson National Veterinary Institute
Jacques Godfroid
Jacques Godfroid University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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