Some aspects of epidemiology of filth flies: Musca domestica, Musca domestica vicina, Drosophilia melanogaster and associated bacteria pathogens in Ekpoma, Nigeria

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-117

  Nmorsi, O P G ^a   Agbozele, G ^a   Ukwandu, N C D ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogens Ekpoma, Nigeria; Drosophilia melanogaster; Epidemiology; M. domestica vicina; Musca domestica

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DAIRYING; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL; HOUSE FLY; KLEBSIELLA; MARKET; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERRATIA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PROTEUS; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; SEASONS; SERRATIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; MELANOGASTER; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCA DOMESTICA VICINA; PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 34547628660     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0539     Document Type: Article

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