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Yudhanto, S., Hung, C. C., Maddox, C. W., & Varga, C. (2022). Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria Isolated From Canine Urine Samples Submitted to a Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Illinois, United States. Frontiers in veterinary science, 9, 867784. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.867784
Varga, C., McDonald, P., Brown, W. M., Shelton, P., Roca, A. L., Novakofski, J. E., & Mateus‐Pinilla, N. E. (2021). Evaluating the ability of a locally focused culling program in removing chronic wasting disease infected free‐ranging white‐tailed deer in Illinois, USA, 2003–2020. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14441
Varga, C., John, P., Cooke, M., & Majowicz, S. E. (2021). Area-level clustering of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections and their socioeconomic and demographic factors in Ontario, Canada: An ecological study. Foodborne pathogens and disease, 18(7), 438-447. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2020.2918
Varga, C., John, P., Cooke, M., & Majowicz, S. E. (2020). Spatial and space-time clustering and demographic characteristics of human nontyphoidal Salmonella infections with major serotypes in Toronto, Canada. PloS one, 15(7), e0235291. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235291
Varga C, Guerin MT, Brash ML, Slavic D, Boerlin P, Susta L. Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from small poultry flocks in Ontario, Canada: A two-year surveillance study. (2019). PLoS ONE 14(8): e0221429. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221429
Varga C., Brash ML, Slavic D, Boerlin P, Ouckama R, Weisz A, Guerin MT. (2018). Evaluating virulence-associated genes and antimicrobial resistance of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from broiler and broiler breeder chickens in Ontario, Canada. Avian Diseases, 62(3), 291–299. https://doi.org/10.1637/11834-032818-Reg.1
Varga C, Pearl DL, McEwen SA, Sargeant JM, Pollari F, Guerin MT. Area-level global and local clustering of human Salmonella Enteritidis infection rates in the city of Toronto, Canada, 2007-2009. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015, 15:359. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/15/359
Varga C, Pearl D L, McEwen S A, Sargeant J M, Pollari F, Guerin MT (2013). Evaluating area-level spatial clustering of Salmonella Enteritidis infections and their socioeconomic determinants in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada (2007 – 2009): A retrospective population-based ecological study. BMC Public Health 2013, 13:1078. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/1078
Varga C, Pearl DL, McEwen SA, Sargeant JM, Pollari F, Guerin MT. Incidence, distribution, seasonality, and demographic risk factors of Salmonella Enteritidis human infections in Ontario, Canada, 2007-2009. BMC Infect Dis. 2013 May 10;13:212. https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-13-212
Varga C, Rajić A, McFall ME, Reid-Smith RJ, Deckert AE, Checkley SL, McEwen SA. Associations between reported on-farm antimicrobial use practices and observed antimicrobial resistance in generic fecal Escherichia coli isolated from Alberta finishing swine farms. Prev Vet Med. 2009, 88(3):185-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.10.002