Viable blastocystis cysts in Scottish and Malaysian sewage samples.
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.
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Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow G21 3UW, Scotland.
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D000818:Animals; D016844:Blastocystis / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D012606:Scotland; D012722:Sewage / Q000469:parasitology*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods
D003470:Culture Media; D012722:Sewage