Hepatitis A virus can be restrained by:
Correct Answer: Boiling over at 120deg C over 1 min
Description: Hepatitis A virus is resistant to inactivation by heat at 60 Deg C for 1 hour, ether and acid at pH 3. It is inactivated by boiling for one minute over 120 Deg C, 1:4000 formaldehyde at 37 deg C for 72 hours, and chlorine 1 ppm for 30 minutes. It is not affected by anionic detergents. It survives prolonged storage at temperature of 4 Deg C or below.
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