A modified approach to recover and enumerate Ascaris ova in wastewater and sludge

Vivek B Ravindran; Aravind Surapaneni; Nicholas D Crosbie; Jonathan Schmidt; Esmaeil Shahsavari; Nagalakshmi Haleyur; Sarvesh K Soni; Andrew S Ball

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007020

A modified approach to recover and enumerate Ascaris ova in wastewater and sludge

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Feb 21;13(2):e0007020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007020. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Vivek B Ravindran¹, Aravind Surapaneni², Nicholas D Crosbie³, Jonathan Schmidt², Esmaeil Shahsavari¹, Nagalakshmi Haleyur¹, Sarvesh K Soni¹, Andrew S Ball¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² South East Water, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
³ Melbourne Water, Docklands, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Ascaris / isolation & purification*
Ovum
Sewage / parasitology*
Wastewater / parasitology*
Water Purification

Substances

Sewage
Waste Water

Grants and funding

The authors acknowledge the funding granted (Grant Number- 0200314675) by South East Water (http://southeastwater.com.au/Pages/Home.aspx), Melbourne Water (https://www.melbournewater.com.au/) and Sydney Water (http://www.sydneywater.com.au/SW/index.htm). The fund was awarded to Distinguished Professor Andrew S Ball (ASB)of RMIT University, Bundoora, Australia. The authors also acknowledge support from the RMIT-ECP Opportunity Grant and RMIT Research Translation Seed Funding for the development of this research. We also acknowledge South East Water and Melbourne Water for providing samples for this research. The funding bodies had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.