Food-borne human parasitic pathogens associated with household cockroaches and houseflies in Nigeria
Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2016 Cockroaches and houseflies pose significant public health threat owning to their ability to mechanically transmit human intestinal parasites and other disease-causing microorganisms.
Oyetunde T. Oyeyemi +2 more
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Increased Dissemination of Aflatoxin- and Zearalenone-Producing Aspergillus spp. and Fusarium spp. during Wet Season via Houseflies on Dairy Farms in Aguascalientes, Mexico [PDF]
ToxinsCrops contamination with aflatoxins (AFs) and zearalenone (ZEA) threaten human and animal health; these mycotoxins are produced by several species of Aspergillus and Fusarium.
Erika Janet Rangel-Muñoz +7 more
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Molecular detection of virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from wild pigeons (Columba domestica livia) in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa [PDF]
One HealthThe current study aimed to determine virulence determinants among S. aureus isolated from wild pigeons and houseflies around hospital areas in the Greater Durban area, South Africa.
Trevor K. Wilson +2 more
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Pathogens, 2023 Campylobacter is a leading foodborne pathogen, and poultry are a major vehicle for infection. Houseflies play important roles in colonization of broiler flocks with Campylobacter but comparable information for turkey farms is limited.
Hannah Bolinger +4 more
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Pathogens, 2022 Fly infestation remains a universal problem for dairy cattle herds, affecting the animals’ health and welfare status. Pre-weaned dairy calves are significantly challenged by the direct and indirect consequences of severe fly infestation, heat-stress and ...
Konstantinos V. Arsenopoulos +3 more
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A Simple and Safe Electrostatic Method for Managing Houseflies Emerging from Underground Pupae
Agronomy, 2023 A simple electrostatic apparatus that generates an arc discharge was devised to control adult houseflies emerging from a soil bed in a greenhouse. Adult houseflies emerging from a soil bed in a greenhouse are a potential vector of pathogenic Escherichia ...
Koji Kakutani +2 more
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Detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes from houseflies [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2020 Background and Aim: Houseflies (Musca domestica) are synanthropic insects which serve as biological or mechanical vectors for spreading multidrug-resistant bacteria responsible for many infectious diseases. This study aimed to detect antibiotic-resistant
Sharmin Akter +5 more
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Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2023 House flies are mechanical vectors of food borne enteric pathogenic bacteria which may transfer isolates to human and produce diseases. In Bangladesh, there is very limited data on molecular characterization of drug-resistant bacteria from isolated house
Fatema Tuz Zuhora +5 more
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Transgenerational effects of lambda-cyhalothrin on Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae)
Scientific Reports, 2022 The hormetic effect may cause disease control measures to fail due to inadequate treatment of human disease vectors such as houseflies. Age-stage, two-sex life table is used for accurate estimation of the hermetic impacts on insects as it allows to study
Hamed A. Ghramh +7 more
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Housefly: Common zoonotic diseases transmitted and control
Journal of Zoonotic Diseases, 2022 The Housefly (Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758) lives in close proximity to humans, posing a variety of health risks. They are mechanical vectors capable of spreading an arraying of infections and annoy humans. More than 100 types of pathogens, including
Emmanuel Ajibola Olagunju
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