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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2007, p. 7177-7184, Vol. 73, No. 22
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00629-07
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Thermal Inactivation of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses in Suspension

Regional Reference Laboratory for FMD in South East Asia, National Institute for Animal Health, Nakhon Ratchasima,¹ Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand²

Received 20 March 2007/ Accepted 15 July 2007

The heat resistance of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) strains isolated from outbreaks in Thailand was investigated in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) at 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100°C. The first-order kinetic model fitted most of the observed linear inactivation curves. The ranges of decimal-reduction time (D value) of FMDV strains at 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100°C were 732 to 1,275 s, 16.37 to 42.00 s, 6.06 to 10.87 s, 2.84 to 5.99 s, 1.65 to 3.18 s, and 1.90 to 2.94 s, respectively. The heat resistances of FMDV strains at lower temperature (50°C) were not serotype specific. The effective inactivating temperature is approximately 60°C. Heat resistances of FMDV strains at 90 and 100°C were not statistically different (P > 0.05), while the FMDV serotype O (OPN) appeared to be the most heat resistant at 60 to 80°C. The other observed inactivation curves were linear with shoulder or tailing (biphasic curves). The shoulder effect was mostly observed at 90 and 100°C, while the tailing effect was mostly observed at 50 to 80°C. The adjusted D values in the case of shoulder and tailing effects did not affect the overall estimated heat resistance of these FMDV strains, so even unadjusted D values of deviant inactivation curves were legitimate. The z values of FMDV serotypes O, A, and Asia 1 were 21.78 to 23.26, 20.75 to 22.79, and 19.87°C, respectively. The z values of FMDV strains studied were not statistically significantly different (P > 0.05). The results of this study indicated that the heat resistance in PBS of FMDV strains from Thailand was much less than had been reported for foreign epidemic FMDV strains.

Published ahead of print on 27 July 2007.