Cockroaches (Periplaneta americana and Blattella germanica) as potential vectors of the pathogenic bacteria found in nosocomial infections

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 521-528

  Fakoorziba, M R ^a   Eghbal, F ^b   Hassanzadeh, J ^a   Moemenbellah Fard, M D ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLATTA GERMANICA; BUILDING; COCKROACH; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSE DUST; INFESTATION; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; COCKROACHES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; HOUSING; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; PERIPLANETA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; KLEBSIELLA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 77957323302     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12786389891326     Document Type: Article

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