title: The role of non-biting flies in the epidemiology of human infectious diseases.
abstract: The feeding and reproductive habits of non-biting synanthropic flies make them important mechanical vectors of human pathogens. Synanthropic flies are major epidemiologic factors responsible for the spread of acute gastroenteritis and trachoma among infants and young children in (predominantly) developing countries. House flies are involved in mechanical transmission of nosocomial infections with multiple antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital environments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. tgraczyk@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Graczyk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cranfield
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum; D003906:Developing Countries; D004175:Diptera / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D009117:Muscidae; D014141:Trachoma / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents