12 September 2008
Drinking water supplied to homes in Wales was not responsible for six cases of the cryptosporidium bug which caused residents to become ill, experts have discovered. It had been suggested that water from the treatment works at Mynydd Llandygai could have been responsible for the outbreak in Anglesey and Gwynedd. However, an investigation has revealed that not all of those affected were served by the plant and the type of cryptosporidium they were infected with was not found in the water. A link between the Mynydd Llandygai drinking water and the cryptosporidium cases has therefore been ruled out. Dr Judy Hart, a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control at the National Public Health Service for Wales, said there may be other explanations as to how the residents were infected. "Some have been travelling abroad recently. Others have had close contact with animals," she told News Wales. According to the Health Protection Agency, cryptosporidium infection is caused by a protozoan parasite and affects both humans and cattle.
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