The role of non-biting flies in the epidemiology of human infectious diseases

Thaddeus K. Graczyk; Ronald Knight; Robert H. Gilman; Michael R. Cranfield

doi:10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01371-5

The role of non-biting flies in the epidemiology of human infectious diseases

Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Ronald Knight, Robert H. Gilman, Michael R. Cranfield

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

The feeding and reproductive habits of non-biting synanthropic flies make them important mechanical vectors of human pathogens. Synanthropic flies are major epidemiologic factors responsible for the spread of acute gastroenteritis and trachoma among infants and young children in (predominantly) developing countries. House flies are involved in mechanical transmission of nosocomial infections with multiple antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital environments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	231-235
Number of pages	5
Journal	Microbes and Infection
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01371-5
State	Published - Mar 2001

Keywords

Cryptosporidium
Enteropathogens
Housefly
Nosocomial infections
Synanthropic flies
Trachoma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases

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