Microwave treatment of human milk to prevent transmission of Chagas disease

It is recognized that breast feeding is an alternative means of transmission of Chagas disease. However, thermal treatment of milk can prevent this occurrence. As domestic microwave ovens are becoming commonplace, the efficacy of microwave thermal treatment in inactivating Trypanosoma cruzi trypomas...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2003-01, Vol.45 (1), p.41-42
Hauptverfasser:	Santos Ferreira, Cláudio, Amato Neto, Vicente, Gakiya, Erika, Bezerra, Rita Cristina, Alarcón, Ruth Semira Rodríquez
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Chagas Disease - prevention & control Food Irradiation - methods Humans Mice Microwaves Milk, Human - parasitology Sterilization - methods TROPICAL MEDICINE Trypanosoma cruzi
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