Evaluation of the house fly Musca domestica as a mechanical vector for an Anthrax

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Fasanella, Antonio ^a   Scasciamacchia, Silvia ^a   Garofolo, Giuliano ^a   Giangaspero, Annunziata ^b   Tarsitano, Elvira ^c   Adone, Rosanna ^d  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSE FLY; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPORE GERMINATION; STOMACH CONTENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; HEXAPODA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT VECTORS; RABBITS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77957879683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012219     Document Type: Article

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