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Environmental and Sex Effects on Bacterial Carriage by Adult House Flies (
Article in Insects, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Flies from meat processing facilities are carriers of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and diverse Staphylococcaceae species.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026Article
- Automated insect detection and biomass monitoring via AI and electrical field sensor technology.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Longevity, feeding behavior, and egg production of adult house flies (Diptera: Muscidae) provided with potential foods on dairy farms.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2025Article
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- Bacterial communities and prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes carried within house flies (Diptera: Muscidae) associated with beef and dairy cattle farms.Journal of medical entomology · 2023Article
- House Flies Are Underappreciated Yet Important Reservoirs and Vectors of Microbial Threats to Animal and Human Health.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Molecular Characterization of 14-3-3 Zeta Gene in Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) and Its Roles in Response to Bacterial Infection.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2022Article
- Flies as Vectors and Potential Sentinels for Bacterial Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review.Veterinary sciences · 2022Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Adult house flies frequent microbe-rich sites such as urban dumpsters and animal facilities, and encounter and ingest bacteria during feeding and reproductive activities. Due to unique nutritional and reproductive needs, male and female flies demonstrate different interactions with microbe-rich substrates and therefore dissemination potential. We investigated culturable aerobic bacteria and coliform abundance in male and female flies (n = 107) collected from urban (restaurant dumpsters) and agricultural (dairy farm) sites. Whole-fly homogenate was aerobically cultured and enumerated on nonselective (tryptic soy agar; culturable bacteria) and selective (violet-red bile agar, VRBA; coliforms) media. Unique morphotypes from VRBA cultures of agricultural flies were identified and tested for susceptibility to 14 antimicrobials. Female flies harbored more bacteria than males and there was a sex by site interaction with sex effects on bacterial abundance at the urban site. Coliform abundance did not differ by sex, site or sex within site. Both male and female flies carried antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria: 36/38 isolates (95%) were resistant to ≥1 antimicrobial, 33/38 were multidrug-resistant (≥2), and 24/38 isolates were resistant to ≥4 antimicrobials. Our results emphasize the role of house flies in harboring bacteria including AMR strains that pose a risk to human and animal health.
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