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Title: Inactivation of Coxiella burnetti by gamma irradiation

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5999767

The gamma radiation inactivation kinetics for Coxiella burnetii at - 79 C were exponential. The radiation dose needed to reduce the number of infective C. burnetii by 90% varied from 0-64 to 1.2 kGy depending on the phase of hte micro-organism, purity of the culture and composition of suspending menstruum. The viability of preparations containing C. burnetti was completely abolished by 10 kGy without diminishing antigenicity or ability to elicit a protective immune response in vaccinated mice. Immunocytochemical examinations using monoclonal antibodies and electron microscopy demonstrated that radiation doses of 20 kGy did not alter cell-wall morphology or cell-surface antigenic epitopes.

Research Organization:
Army Medical Research Inst. of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD (USA)
OSTI ID:
5999767
Report Number(s):
AD-A-227218/5/XAB
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Pub. in Jnl. of General Microbiology, Vol. 135, 3263-3270(1989)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English