The effects of E-beam irradiation and microwave energy on Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) experimentally infected with Cryptosporidium parvum

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 484-488

  Collins, Marina V ^a   Flick, George J ^a   Smith, Stephen A ^a   Fayer, Ronald ^b   Rubendall, Eric ^c   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c SureBeam Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

E beam irradiation; Microwave; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PROTOZOAN; SHELLFISH;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OSTREIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOUSE; OOCYST; OYSTER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHELLFISH;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MICE; MICROWAVES; OOCYSTS; OSTREIDAE; RADIATION, IONIZING; SHELLFISH;

EID: 33644826392     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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