| Resistance of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts following commercial bleach treatment |
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Chan-gu Surl1, Bae-Dong Jung2, Bae-Keun Park3, Hyeon-cheol Kim2 |
1National Veterinary Research & Quarantine Service
2College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University
3College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University |
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| Abstract |
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We investigate the resistance of Cryptosporidium (C.) parvum oocysts to commercial bleach treatment. The viability and infectivity of C. parvum oocysts suspended in 100, 50, 25, 12.5, 6.3 or 3.2% aqueous commercial bleach for 10, 30, 60, 120 or 180 min at room temperature were assessed by nucleic acid Syto-9 staining, histologic examination of ileum and infectivity to immunosuppressed neonatal C57BL/6N mice. Although the viability was decreased compared with normal oocysts, all oocysts in contact with serially diluted commercial bleach for 180 min were alive by nucleic acid dye Syto-9 staining. And, microscopic examination of ileum sections revealed developmental stages of C. parvum in all mice. The oocyst shedding patterns between mice infected with oocysts contacted with commercial bleach and normal control mice were not significantly different each other. Although commercial bleach is widely used as a bacterial and viral disinfectant, the present findings indicate that it is not an effective disinfectant for C. parvum oocysts under practical conditions. Authors conclude that, therefore, it is undesirable to recommend commercial bleach as a disinfectant for C. parvum oocysts. |
| Key Words:
Cryptosporidium parvum, sodium hypochlorite |
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