EFFECT OF ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION OF DRINKING-WATER ON THE VIABILITY OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-PARVUM OOCYSTS

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LORENZOLORENZO, MJ
ARESMAZAS, ME
DEMATURANA, IVM
DURANOREIRO, D
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[1] Laboratorio de Parasitologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela
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10.2307/3283279
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
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Demineralized water was enriched with a known number of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts obtained from fresh calf feces, which were purified and exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light (15,000 mW/sec) for different lengths of time. Coccidium-free litters of CD-1 neonatal mice then were inoculated intragastrically with the treated water. Seven days postinoculation mice were killed and C. parvum infection prevalence and intensity determined. In mice inoculated with C parvum-enriched water that had been exposed to UV light for at least 150 min, no infection occurred.
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