title: Domiciliary cockroaches found in restaurants in five zones of Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, peninsular Malaysia.
abstract: The following domiciliary cockroaches were collected from restaurants in five   zones of Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia using 1L glass beaker traps baited with   ground mouse-pellets: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) (n = 820), Periplaneta brunnea   Burmeister (n = 46), Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) (n = 12504), Supella longipalpa (Fabricius)   (n = 321), Symploce pallens Stephens (n = 29) and Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll) (n = 5).   The following bacteria were isolated from 10 cockroach specimens: Enterobacter cloacae,   Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. rhinoscleromatis and   Serratia liquefaciens from 5 B. germanica; Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus,   Citrobacter diversus/amalonaticus, Escherichia vulneris and K.p. pneumoniae from 3 P.   brunnea; and Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter agglomerans 4, Escherichia adecarboxylate,   E. vulneris, K. p. pneumonia, K. p. rhinoscleromatis and Proteus vulgeris from 2 P. americana.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50605 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oothuman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vellayan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zainol-Ariffin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paramaswaran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Razak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muslimin
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Kamil-Ali
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohela
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Abdul-Aziz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000382:microbiology; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012147:Restaurants