| Literature DB >> 2737255 |
A Le Guyader1, C Rivault, J Chaperon.
Abstract
A simultaneous study of cockroach (Supella supellectilium) distribution and of associated carried bacterial flora has been made in the main hospital in Rennes (France). Wild cockroaches carry a high number of bacterial species that can be related to the normal environmental flora and a contaminant flora acquired from particular environments. The diversity of carried bacterial species reveals a proximity factor between continguous floors of the building which leads us to suppose that cockroaches are able to forage from one floor to the other.Mesh:
Year: 1989 PMID: 2737255 PMCID: PMC2249457 DOI: 10.1017/s095026880003020x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epidemiol Infect ISSN: 0950-2688 Impact factor: 2.451