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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2005, p. 5619-5620, Vol. 71, No. 9
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5619-5620.2005
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Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow G21 3UW, Scotland,1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2
Received 1 November 2004/ Accepted 30 March 2005
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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