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1 September 2009 Comprehensive Study on the Occurrence and Distribution of Pathogenic Microorganisms Carried by Synanthropic Flies Caught at Different Rural Locations in Germany
Maike Förster, Kai Sievert, Sabine Messler, Sven Klimpel, Klaus Pfeffer
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In the current study, samples of 50 synanthropic flies were collected from each of five rural locations used for domestic animal husbandry (specifically a cattle barn, a dog pound, a horse stable, and a pigpen). Flies were examined using a variety of microbiological methods to determine the pathogenic agents that they carried. The most frequently sampled species were Musca domestica (L.) (51%) followed by Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (24%). All fly species were found to carry an array of different pathogenic bacterial and fungal species. Among these were human pathogens such as Campylobacter jejuni and Escherichia coli-strains (EHEC, EPEC, and ETEC) and the fungi Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis. The germs could be detected in the intestines as well as on the exoskeletons of the flies. The current study confirms and supplements the general knowledge about pathogens that may be transmitted to domestic animals and humans by synanthropic flies.

© 2009 Entomological Society of America
Maike Förster, Kai Sievert, Sabine Messler, Sven Klimpel, and Klaus Pfeffer "Comprehensive Study on the Occurrence and Distribution of Pathogenic Microorganisms Carried by Synanthropic Flies Caught at Different Rural Locations in Germany," Journal of Medical Entomology 46(5), 1164-1166, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0526
Received: 6 February 2009; Accepted: 1 May 2009; Published: 1 September 2009
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KEYWORDS
Campylobacter jejuni
Musca domestica
pathogenic bacteria
pathogenic fungi
synanthropic flies
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