Food Science & Technology: Personnel

Jennifer Cannon

Description of Research Interests

Foodborne Viruses: Methods for detection of human noroviruses and Hepatitis A virus on ready-to-eat and minimally processed foods; virus transfer by handling, processing, and irrigation; physical and chemical treatments for virus inactivation.

Selected Recent Publications

Cannon, J.L. 2009. 4.1R: a FERM player at the immunologic synapse.  Blood 113:6043-6044.

Cannon, J.L., L.C. Lindesmith, E.F. Donaldson, L. Saxe, R.S. Baric, and J. Vinje. 2009. Herd immunity to GII.4 noroviruses is supported by outbreak patient sera.  J. Virol. 83:5363-5374.

Cannon, J.L. and J. Vinje. 2008. Histo-blood group antigen assay for detecting noroviruses in water.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:6818-6819.

Cannon, J.L., A. Collins, P.D. Mody, D. Balachandran, K.J. Henriksen, C.E. Smith, J. Tong, B.S. Clay, S.D. Miller, and A. Sperling. 2008. CD43 regulates Th2 differentiation and inflammation.  J. Immunol. 180:7385-7393.

Lindesmith, LC, EF Donaldson, AD LoBue, JL Cannon, DP Zheng, J Vinjé, and R.S. Baric.  2008.  Mechanisms of GII.4 norovirus persistence in human populations. PLoS Med. 5:e31.

Cannon, JL, E Papafragkou, G Park, J Osborne , LA Jaykus, J Vinjé.  Surrogates for the study of norovirus stability and inactivation in the environment: A comparison of murine norovirus and feline calicivirus. Journal of Food Protection.  2006.  69(11):2761-5.

Cannon, JL, and J Vinjé.  A HBGA assay for norovirus recovery and purification. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  Accepted. AEM01302-08.

Cannon, JL and J Vinjé.  Foodborne viruses. Book chapter. In press.

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