T6 Technical Session 6 - Pathogens

Tuesday, July 24, 2012: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom E (Rhode Island Convention Center)
Convenors: Manan Sharma and Kaiping Deng

Presentations

8:45 AM
Human Norovirus Surrogate Reduction in Milk and Juice Blends by High Pressure Homogenization
Katie Horm, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Federico Harte, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Doris D'Souza, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
9:00 AM
The Long-term Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella on Lettuce Seeds and Their Subsequent Survival and Growth on Germinating Sprouts
Inge Van der Linden, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO); Bart Cottyn, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO); Geertrui Vlaemynck, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO); Mieke Uyttendaele, Ghent University (UGent); Martine Maes, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO); Marc Heyndrickx, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO)
9:30 AM
Comparison of Real-time RT-PCR and RT-LAMP Assays for Human Norovirus GII Detection Sensitivity
Cong Cao, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Doris D'Souza, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
High Pressure Processing of Human Norovirus Virus-like Particles: Evidence That Human Norovirus May be Highly Pressure Resistant
Fangfei Lou, The Ohio State University; Pengwei Huang, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Hudaa Neetoo, University of Delaware; Joshua Gurtler, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Brendan Niemira, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Haiqiang Chen, University of Delaware; Xi Jiang, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Jianrong Li, The Ohio State University
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
High-pressure Processing of Rotaviruses: The Roles of Strain Diversity and Treatment Temperature in Virus Inactivation
Elbashir Araud, The Ohio State University; Fangfei Lou, The Ohio State University; Xinhui Li, University of Delaware; Haiqiang Chen, University of Delaware; Jianrong Li, The Ohio State University