Flies as a source of enteric pathogens in a rural village in Thailand.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 46 ·No. 1 ·1983-07-00 ·Pages 32-6

Echeverria P, Harrison BA, Tirapat C, McFarland A

Abstract

The village of Ban Pong in northeastern Thailand was studied from January through December 1981 to determine the importance of flies as a source of enteric pathogens. The number of flies (predominantly Musca domestica) increased in kitchens and animal pens in the hot dry spring, when the incidence of diarrhea was highest in the village. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Shigella spp., non-O1 Vibrio cholerae, and Vibrio fluvalis were isolated from fly pools in yards (69%), animal pens (38%), bathrooms (35%), and kitchens (8%). Enterotoxigenic E. coli was isolated from one fly pool in May and from another in June, when the incidence of such infections was highest in the village. Flies often carry and presumably disseminate enteric pathogens in rural Thailand.

MeSH Terms

Aeromonas/isolation & purification Animals Diarrhea/epidemiology,microbiology Diptera/microbiology Enterobacteriaceae/isolation & purification Escherichia coli/isolation & purification Houseflies/microbiology Humans Shigella flexneri/isolation & purification Thailand Vibrio/isolation & purification Vibrio cholerae/isolation & purification

Authors & Affiliations

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Echeverria P

Harrison B A

Tirapat C

McFarland A

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.46.1.32-36.1983

Published

1983-07-00

Pages

32-6

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC239263

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.46.1.32-36.1983 PMC Full Text View journal details

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