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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
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Viable Blastocystis Cysts in Scottish and Malaysian Sewage Samples

K. Suresh,1,2* H. V. Smith,1 and T. C. Tan2

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow G21 3UW, Scotland. Phone: 44 (0)141 201 3028. Fax: 44 (0)141 201 3029. E-mail: huw.smith{at}northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk.

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
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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