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Household Arthropods And Their Associated Bacterial Communities

Considering the ability of arthropods, to act as vectors of pathogens, an understanding of bacterial species associated with household arthropods and hence their significance to public health is also limited. This study aimed to investigate household arthropods in the United Kingdom, exploring their...

Flying Insect Fauna Of Hospitals

The collection and identification of flying insects associated with a number of UK hospitals was undertaken, in order to classify and enumerate the insects found and establish their seasonality and location in such premises, therefore informing pest control measures. A total of 19,937 individual ins...

Microbiological Analysis Of Non-Biting Flies Collected From Hospitals: Novel Pathogens And New Vectors In The Clinical Environment

The potential for houseflies Musca domestica to contribute to transfer of the ‘hospital superbug’ Clostridium difficile in hospitals has been demonstrated, highlighting flies as realistic vectors of this microorganism in clinical areas. Subsequent field studies where houseflies were sampled from hos...

Isolation And Characterisation Of Bacteria Associated With Musca Domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) In Hospitals

This study sought to determine the role of Musca. domestica, sampled from UK hospitals, as reservoirs of pathogenic bacteria. M. domestica were collected from pre-existing ultra-violet light flytraps located throughout the hospitals. External washings and macerates of M. domestica were prepared and ...

Musca Domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) and the Transfer of Clostridium Difficile

The housefly, Musca domestica L., is a synanthropic, endophilous, cosmopolitan fly, which has a propensity to breed in faecal matter, moves indiscriminately from filth to food and harbours pathogenic bacteria obtained from various unsanitary sources. M. domestica has been implicated in the transmiss...