Infection of dairy cows with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus has raised public health concerns. Here, the authors report the stability of H5N1 in raw milk and show that thermal treatment of milk under FDA-approved pasteurization and various thermization conditions efficiently inactivates HPAI H5N1 virus.
- Mohammed Nooruzzaman
- Lina M. Covaleda
- Diego G. Diel
