expert_1253@caes.uga.edu.spoofed

* Improving methods for recovery and detection of foodborne viruses from food, water, and environmental surfaces. This focus area can be divided into the following subcategories; 1) improving virus recovery methods by increasing virus elution or desorption from surfaces; 2) development and application of functionalized or cationic magnetic beads for recovery of viruses in complex matrices; 3) estimating infectivity of human noroviruses in the absence of a cell culture model.* Studies in the survival, persistence, and the likelihood of foodborne virus transfer to foods, food contact surfaces, and hands which is important for quantitative risk assessment. * Development and evaluation of novel food contact sanitizers for efficacy against foodborne viruses and novel applications for these treatments