Recovery of poliovirus from cut surface of stored fresh papaya fruit.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1999 Jun; 30(2): 280-3
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-31502
ABSTRACT
Poliovirus kept on the cut surfaces of fully ripe papaya cubes placed in an ice box showed a sharp and significant reduction in the recovery of infectious virus about 15 minutes after exposure. Thereafter, a very gradual decrease ensued and infectious residual virus was detected up to the end of the 6-hour exposure period. Papaya cubes washed or kept overnight before virus inoculation, and from less ripe fruits produced a similar survival pattern. A very small proportion of the inoculum was recovered from the mashed content of the inoculated papaya cubes thus suggesting that most of the non-recovered virus particles were inactivated. The results suggest that the importance of poliovirus-contaminated cut papayas as a transmission vehicle for the virus is greatly reduced by the rapid decline in the infectivity of a large proportion of the virus soon after contamination. Nevertheless, the potential to transmit remains as a small residual pool of infectious poliovirus is able to survive for a relatively long period.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Poliomyelitis
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Refrigeration
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Humans
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Cells, Cultured
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Poliovirus
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Food Handling
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Food Microbiology
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Malaysia
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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