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cyst

Hollow cavity in an animal or plant, lined with epithelium and usually filled with fluid. Cysts may be normal, for example the urinary bladder, or pathological, for example an ovarian cyst.



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One gram of faeces can contain: 10,000,000 viruses 1,000,000 bacteria 1,000 parasitic cysts 100 parasitic eggs (1) Millions of these viruses and bacteria live in our digestive tracts and help make them tick, or are produced by symptomless infections forming part of our natural defences.
Step 4: Activated Carbon Filtration A high-performance 2 micron filter traps dissolved lead, chlorine, and microscopic particles such as parasitic cysts.
Indeed, parasitic cysts were found in a Colombian paca (Cuniculus paca, Figure 4) in 1975.
 
 
 
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