Method for the inactivation of cryptosporidium parvum using ultraviolet light
The present invention relates to a method for inactivating in water and in particular to a method for the prevention of and other protozoans, such as from establishing infection in human hosts, as measured by the ability to infect neo-natal mice, using low doses of ultraviolet light. A method for th...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The present invention relates to a method for inactivating
in water and in particular to a method for the prevention of
and other protozoans, such as
from establishing infection in human hosts, as measured by the ability to infect neo-natal mice, using low doses of ultraviolet light.
A method for the inactivation of Cryptosporidium oocysts, Giardia cysts and similar organisms comprising irradiating water with ultraviolet light in doses of from about 1 mJ/cmto about 175 mJ/cm. |
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