JUST IN: Influenza virus may survive pasteurization in milk and food.
Non-infectious flu virions may preserve their infectious potential after pasteurization at 75°C, reactivating when exposed to trypsin.
Current pasteurization standards may not completely neutralize influenza viruses in food.
Non-infectious flu virions may preserve their infectious potential after pasteurization at 75°C, reactivating when exposed to trypsin.
Current pasteurization standards may not completely neutralize influenza viruses in food.
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The pancreas makes it and it's in the small intestine but I'd be surprised if a flu virus survived the stomach.
"The noninfectious HA0 virions treated at 75 °C were able to retain infectious potential, which was activated by trypsin;"
The pancreas makes it and it's in the small intestine but I'd be surprised if a flu virus survived the stomach.
"The noninfectious HA0 virions treated at 75 °C were able to retain infectious potential, which was activated by trypsin;"
You won't accidentally activate a flu virion particle by eating cereal.
The danger with milk is unpasteurized milk, unpasteurized anything really.
..it looks like a great font of up to date research.
If 167F doesn't kill the virus,
Human immuno response to it will be severe.
Is now a good time to shut down the cdc?
Sure why not!