A 35-year-old member asked:
Will heat kill the hepatitis c virus?
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Dr. Silviu Pasniciucanswered
Internal Medicine 29 years experience
Yes: Heat will eventually kill Hep C virus, from few minutes at 100C to at least 10-12 h at 60 C.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
At what temperature will hepatitis C virus be inactivated?
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Dr. Faryal Ghaffaranswered
Pediatrics 32 years experience
Hepatitis C virus: Studies have shown that heat, aldehyde, ultraviolet light and detergent treatments all can be used as effective means for inactivating the virus. But the stability and resistance of hepatitis c virus varies to these inactivation process based on genotypes and strains.
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