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Moist heat inactivation of Cryptosporidium sp.

Author(s) -

Bruce C. Anderson

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.12.1433

Subject(s) - infectivity , feces , cryptosporidium , pasteurization , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virology , transmission (telecommunications) , food science , virus , electrical engineering , engineering

Cryptosporidia that were infective for infant mice were subjected to various moist heat treatments and subsequently tested in infant mice for infectivity. Warming from 9 degrees C to 55 degrees C over a period of 15 to 20 minutes neutralized infectivity in calf feces, cecal contents, and ileal scrapings. Inocula held at 45 degrees C for 5 to 20 minutes lost its infectivity. These results suggest that pasteurization of raw milk, circumstantially incriminated in cryptosporidial transmission, would neutralize cryptosporidial infectivity.

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