本文讨论了一个由美国水务协会研究基金会（AWWARF）和电力研究所/社区环境中心共同资助的项目。该项目的目标是评估一种特定的电子技术设备是否能够灭活微小隐孢子虫卵囊。通过各种体外技术和使用新生小鼠试验的动物传染性来测量灭活。体外技术最初用于确定存活率是否降低；动物研究仅针对那些能够降低隐孢子虫生存能力以建立卵囊失活的电子技术。 该研究表明，在水处理系统中，紫外线的非常规应用能够灭活微小隐球菌。进一步的结果进行了讨论。包括25个参考文献、表格和图表。

This article discusses a project which was jointly funded by the American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) and the Electric Power Research Institute/Community Environmental Center. The goal of this project was to assess whether a particular electrotechnology device was capable of inactivating Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts. Inactivation was measured by a variety of in vitro techniques and animal infectivity using the neonatal mouse assay. The in vitro techniques were used initially to determine if reduction in viability occurred; animal studies were done only on those electrotechnologies that were capable of reducing viability of Cryptosporidium to establish oocyst inactivation. The research demonstrated that nonconventional applications of UV light are capable of inactivating C. parvum in water treatment systems. Further results are discussed. Includes 25 references, tables, figures.