Viable Blastocystis Cysts in Scottish and Malaysian Sewage Samples
Open Access
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 71 (9) , 5619-5620
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.71.9.5619-5620.2005
Abstract
Blastocystis cysts were detected in 38% (47/123) (37 Scottish, 17 Malaysian) of sewage treatment works. Fifty percent of influents (29% Scottish, 76% Malaysian) and 28% of effluents (9% Scottish, 60% Malaysian) contained viable cysts. Viable cysts, discharged in effluent, provide further evidence for the potential for waterborne transmission of Blastocystis .Keywords
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