College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

All Publications (View all Wu’s publications on Google Scholar sorted by year, on PubMed)

Ye Z, Wu F, Hennessy DA (2021). Environmental and Economic Concerns Surrounding Restrictions on Glyphosate Use in Corn. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2017470118.

Chiang W-T, Hennessy DA, Munkvold GP, Wu F (2021). Corn rootworm-protected Bt corn reduces insurance claims related to drought, but not to aflatoxin. Nature Biotechnology, in preparation.

Saha Turna N, Comstock SS, Gangur V, Chen C, Wu F (2021). Effects of Aflatoxin on the Immune System: Evidence from Human and Animal Research. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, in preparation.

Yu J, Hennessy DA, Tack J, Wu F (2021). The impact of climate change on aflatoxin contamination in US corn. Nature Climate Change, in preparation.

Kim J, Mason-Wardell N, Snapp S, Wu F (2021). The impacts of sustainable intensification of maize production on household crop income, productivity, and food access in rural Tanzania. Food Policy, in preparation.

Chen C, Patil C, Mduma E, Groopman JD, Riley RT, Wu F (2021). Effects of Mycotoxins and Microbial Pathogens on Environmental Enteropathy in Tanzanian Children. Journal of Food Science, in preparation.

Wu F, Wesseler J, Dubock A, Chen C, Russell RM, Zilberman D (2021). Potential impact of Golden Rice on vitamin A deficiency-related child mortality in Bangladesh and the Philippines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in preparation.

Chen C, Boivin M, Wu F (2021). Burden of disease of children’s cognitive impairment associated with cassava cyanide in Democratic Republic of the Congo. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, under review.

Chiang W-T, Hennessy DA, Yu J, Ye Z, Wu F (2021). Vip-Containing Bt Corn and Irrigation Reduce Aflatoxin Risk in Southern US Corn Fields: An Analysis of Crop Insurance Claims. Science of the Total Environment, under review.

Saha Turna N, Wu F (2021). Estimation of tolerable daily intake (TDI) for non-carcinogenic effects of aflatoxin. Risk Analysis, resubmitted.

Chen C, Kashala-Abotnes E, Banea Mayambu J-P, Mumba Ngoyi D, Tshala-Katumbay D, Mukeba D, Kunya M, Boivin MJ, Wu F (2021). Cost-effectiveness of a wetting method intervention to reduce cassava cyanide-related cognitive impairment in children. Nature Food, accepted for publication.

Ye Z, Wu F, Hennessy DA (2021). Environmental and Economic Concerns Surrounding Restrictions on Glyphosate Use in Corn. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2017470118, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2017470118.

Chen C, Frank K, Wang T, Wu F (2021). Global wheat trade and Codex Alimentarius guidelines for deoxynivalenol: A mycotoxin common in wheat. Global Food Security 29:100538.

Kim J, Mason-Wardell N, Mather D, Wu F (2021). The effects of the National Agricultural Input Voucher Scheme (NAIVS) on sustainable intensification of maize production in Tanzania. Journal of Agricultural Economics, http://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12431.

Saha Turna N, Wu F (2021). Aflatoxin M1 in milk: Global occurrence, intake, and exposure assessment. Trends in Food Science and Technology 110:183-92.

Malone T, Schaefer KA, Wu F (2021). The Razor’s Edge of “Essential” Labor in Food and Agriculture. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy 43:368-381.

Ademola O, Saha Turna N, Liverpool-Tasie L, Obadina A, Wu F (2021). Food Processing and Mycotoxin Reduction in Maize-Based Products: Evidence from Lactic Acid Fermentation in Southwest Nigeria. Food Control 121:107620.

Wu F, Rodricks JV (2020). Forty years of food safety risk assessment: A history and analysis. Risk Analysis 40:2218-30.

Chen C, Wu F (2020). Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) colonization and infection among livestock workers and veterinarians: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2020-106418.

Xia R, Schaafsma AW, Wu F, Hooker DC (2020). The change in winter wheat response to deoxynivalenol and Fusarium Head Blight through technological and agronomic progress. Plant Disease, https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-20-1310-RE.

Grace D, Wu F, Havelaar A (2020). Foodborne diseases from dairy products in developing countries: Review of causes and health and economic implications. Journal of Dairy Science 103:9715-29.

Yu J, Hennessy DA, Wu F (2020). The impact of Bt corn on aflatoxin-related insurance claims in the United States. Scientific Reports 10:10046.

Greenberg M, Cox A, Bier V, Lambert J, Lowrie K, North W, Siegrist M, Wu F. (2020). Risk Analysis: Celebrating the Accomplishments and Embracing Ongoing Challenges. Risk Analysis 40:2113-27.

Xia R, Schaafsma AW, Wu F, Hooker DC (2020). Impact of the improvements in Fusarium head blight and agronomic management on farm revenue and profit. World Mycotoxin Journal 13:423-39.

Kim J, Mason NM, Snapp S, Wu F (2019). Does sustainable intensification of maize production enhance child nutrition? Evidence from rural Tanzania. Agricultural Economics 50:723-34.

Liverpool-Tasie L, Saha Turna N, Ademola O, Obadina A, Wu F (2019). The occurrence and co-occurrence of aflatoxin and fumonisin along the maize value chain in southwest Nigeria. Food and Chemical Toxicology 129:458-65.

Chen C, Saha Turna N, Wu F (2019). Risk assessment of dietary deoxynivalenol exposure in wheat products worldwide: Are new Codex DON guidelines adequately protective? Trends in Food Science and Technology 89:11-25.

Saha Turna N, Wu F (2019). Risk assessment of aflatoxins in Bangladesh: Is the general population at risk from dietary aflatoxin exposure? Food Additives and Contaminants 36:320-6.

Chen C, Riley RT, Wu F (2018). Dietary Fumonisin and Growth Impairment in Children and Animals: A Review. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 17:1448-64.

Chen C, Mitchell NJ, Gratz J, Houpt ER, Gong Y, Egner PA, Groopman JD, Riley RT, Showker JL, Svensen E, Mduma ER, Patil CL, Wu F. (2018). Exposure to aflatoxin and fumonisin in children at risk for growth impairment in rural Tanzania. Environment International 115:29-37.

Ogunade IM, Martinez-Tuppia C, Queiroz OCM, Jiang Y, Drouin P, Wu F, Vyas D, Adesogan AT (2018). Mycotoxins in Silage: Occurrence, Effects, Prevention and Mitigation. Journal of Dairy Science 101:4034-59. [in top 100 papers cited from journal]

Bradford KJ, Dahal P, Van Asbrouck J, Kunusoth K, Bello P, Thompson J, Wu F (2018). The Dry Chain: Reducing Postharvest Losses and Improving Food Safety in Humid Climates. Trends in Food Science & Technology 71:84-93.

Mmongoyo JA, Wu F, Linz JE, Nair MG, Mugula JK, Strasburg GM (2017). Aflatoxin levels in sunflower seeds and cakes collected from micro- and small-scale sunflower oil processors in Tanzania. PLOS ONE 12(4): e0175801.

Mmongoyo JA, Nair MG, Linz JE, Wu F, Mugula JK, Dissanayake AA, Zhang C, Day DM, Wee JM, Strasburg GM (2017). Bioactive compounds in Diospyros mafiensis roots inhibit growth, sporulation and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. World Mycotoxin Journal 10:237-48.

Chen C, Wu F (2017). The Need to Revisit Ochratoxin A Risk in Light of Global Diabetes, Obesity, and Chronic Kidney Disease Prevalence. Food and Chemical Toxicology 103:79-85.

Spink J, Ortega D, Chen C, Wu F (2017). Food Fraud Prevention Shifts the Food Risk Focus to Vulnerability. Trends in Food Science & Technology 62:215-20.

Mitchell NJ, Hsu H-H, Chandyo RK, Shrestha B, Bodhidatta L, Tu Y-K, Gong Y-Y, Egner PA, Ulak M, Groopman JD, Wu F (2017). Aflatoxin exposure during the first 36 months of life was not associated with impaired growth in Nepalese children: An extension of the MAL-ED study. PLOS ONE 12(2):e0172124.

Mitchell NJ, Chen C, Palumbo J, Bianchini A, Stratton J, Cappozzo J, Ryu D, Wu F (2017). A Risk Assessment of Dietary Ochratoxin A in the United States. Food and Chemical Toxicology 100:265-273.

Mitchell NJ, Riley RT, Egner PA, Groopman JD, Wu F (2017). Chronic aflatoxin exposure in children living in Bhaktapur, Nepal: Extension of the MAL-ED study. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 27:106-11.

Male D, Wu W, Mitchell NJ, Bursian S, Pestka J, Wu F (2016). Modeling the emetic potencies of food-borne trichothecenes by benchmark dose methodology. Food & Chemical Toxicology 94:178-85.

Wu F, Mitchell NJ (2016). How climate change and regulations can affect the economics of mycotoxins. World Mycotoxin Journal 9:653-663.

Male D, Wu W, Mitchell NJ, Bursian S, Pestka J, Wu F (2016). Modeling the anorectic potencies of simple trichothecenes by benchmark dose and incremental area under curve methods. World Mycotoxin Journal 9:279-288.

Mitchell NJ, Bowers E, Hurburgh C, Wu F (2016). Potential economic losses to the US corn industry from mycotoxin contamination. Food Additives and Contaminants 33:540-50.