A.M. Saeed, D.V.M., M.P.H., Ph.D. Professor of Epidemiology  DVM. 1973, University of Baghdad Ph.D. Washington State University MPH. University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine Dipl, (ACVPM) Michigan State University 165 NFSTC East Lansing, MI 48824 Telephone: (517) 432-9517 Fax: (517) 432-2310 E-mail: saeeda@msu.edu Community of Science Expertise Profile

Dr. Saeed has been conducting research on  food safety and prevention of foodborne diseases, zoonotic diseases and their impact on human populations. Assesment of the role of exposure to animals in the developmnent of zoonotic diseases such as Campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis. Developing, with other professionals, state-wide programs in food safety epidemiology and emerging infectious diseases. Development of new courses in food safety epidemiology for a new food safety specialty degree at Michigan State University.

Selected Publications

1.            Saeed, A. M., S. T. Walk, M. Mokhtar Arshad, and T. S. Whittam. 2006. Clonal structure and variation in virulence of Salmonella Enteritidis isolated from mice, chickens, and humans. Journal of AOAC International 89:504-511.  

2.            Arshad, M. M., H. A. Asmar, M. H. Rahbar, M. L. Bouton, E. Wells, M. J. Wilkins, and A. M. Saeed.  2006. Risk factors for Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak in a nursing home in Michigan. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 54: 715-717.

Younus, M., M. J. Wilkins, M. Mohktar Arshad, M. H. Rahbar, and A. M. Saeed. 2006.  Demographic risk factors and incidence of Salmonella Enteritidis infection in Michigan. Food Borne Pathogens and Disease, Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2006 Fall;3(3):266-73. 

4.            Al-Majali AM, Ababneh M, Mshorman M, Saeed AM.  Interaction of Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin (STa) with its putative receptor on the intestinal tract of newborn kids. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2007 Feb;49(1):35-40. Epub 2006 Nov 9. 

5.            Mokhtar Arshad, Melinda J. Wilkins, Frances P. Downes, M. Hossein Rahbar, Ronald J. Erskine, Matthew L. Boulton, and A. Mahdi Saeed. A Registry-Based Study on the Association Between Human Salmonellosis and Routinely Collected Parameters, Michigan, 1995-2001. 2007. (JFBPD). Vol.4. No. 1, 16-25. 

6.            Mokhtar Arshad, Melinda J. Wilkins, Frances P. Downes, M. Hossein Rahbar, Ronald J. Erskine, Matthew L. Boulton, and A. Mahdi Saeed. The Epidemiology of Salmonellois in Michigan Pediatric Population. (JPID), 2, (2007) 89-94. 

Arshad MM, Wilkins MJ, Downes FP, Rahbar MH, Erskine RJ, Boulton ML, Younus M, Saeed AM. Epidemiologic attributes of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in Michigan, 1995-2001. International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2008) 12, 176-182 

7.            Cho, S., Boxrud, D.J., Bartkus, J.M., Whittam, T.S., Saeed, A.M., submitted, Cluster Analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis from Human and nonhuman Sources Using Multi-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA). FEMS Microbiol Lett 275 (2007) 16–23. 

8.            Saeed, AM and Naji. R.  Infectious Agents. A chapter in Epidemiologic Principles and Food Safety (Tamar Lasky (Ed) Oxford University. (2007) pp.18-39. 

9.            Younus M, Hartwick E, Siddiqi AA, Wilkins M, Davies HD, Rahbar M, Funk J, Saeed M. The role of neighborhood level socioeconomic characteristics in Salmonella infections in Michigan (1997-2007): assessment using geographic information system. Int J Health Geogr. 2007 Dec 19;6(1):56 [Epub ahead of print]. 

10.       Cho, S., Boxrud, D.J., Bartkus, J.M., Wilkins. M, Downe.F, Whittam, T.S., Saeed, A.M.  MLVA Reveals Meaningful Epidemiologic Clusters of Salmonella Enteritidis isolates from Humans of Different Geographic Regions (In preparation). 

11.       Cho, S., Boxrud, D.J., Bartkus, J.M., Wilkins. M, Downe.F, Whittam, T.S., Saeed, A.M. Cluster Analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis Isolates from Humans and Zoonotic Sources Using MALVA (Submitted). 

12.       Cho. S, Crisp. N, Maley. J, Lue. S, Whittam, T.S and Saeed. A. M.  Interaction Patterns of Wild Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Type 4 and Three Mutants During Experimental Infection of Egg Laying Hens (In preparation). 

13.       Cho. S, Crisp. N, Maley. J, Lue. S, Whittam, T.S and Saeed. A. M. Immune Response of Egg Laying Hens to Experimental Infection with Wild Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Type 4 and Three Mutants (In preparation). 

14.       Assessment of a new risk management for Salmonella in Poultry (2007), A report submitted to the USDA/FSIS. 

15.       Public Health risk of salmonella in animal products (2007) A report submitted to: Global Food Systems and Public Health: Production Methods and Animal Husbandry. A National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production Report (USA).