title: [Investigation on species composition of cockroaches and bacteria-carrying on their bodies in five cities of Hainan].
abstract: "ZA-type" cages were used to capture cockroaches in 267 sites of 5 cities in Hainan. Species were identified and bacteria were isolated by routine method. 441 cockroaches were collected and identified as five species belonging to two genera, 75.3% being Periplaneta americana. More cockroaches were found in sewerage. Bacteria were detected from 82.4% of cockroaches, including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella sp, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella sp, Bacillus proteus and sort of mycetes. Therefore, the dominant species is Periplaneta americana in Hainan, and the high bacteria-carrying behavior of cockroaches indicates its importance in disease transmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hainan Medical College, Haikou 571101, China.
authors.forename: Ying-Zi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yu-Bao
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lang-Yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Wan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jin-Long
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010526:Periplaneta / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012760:Shigella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification