Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia recovered from flies on a cattle farm and in a landfill

Filth flies associated with a cattle barn and a municipal landfill were tested positive by combined immunofluorescent antibody and fluorescent in situ hybridization for Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia on their exoskeletons and in their guts. More pathogens were carried by flies from the c...

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Published inApplied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 70; no. 6; pp. 3742 - 3744
Main Authors Szostakowska, B, Kruminis-Lozowska, W, Racewicz, M, Knight, R, Tamang, L, Myjak, P, Graczyk, T.K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.06.2004
Subjects
animal parasites and pests
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Calliphoridae
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - parasitology
Cattle Diseases - transmission
cattle housing
Comparative analysis
Cryptosporidiosis - transmission
Cryptosporidiosis - veterinary
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cryptosporidium parvum - isolation & purification
cysts (developmental stages)
dairy farming
Dairying
Diptera - parasitology
disease vectors
farms
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Giardia lamblia
Giardia lamblia - isolation & purification
Giardiasis - transmission
Giardiasis - veterinary
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
insect vectors
Insect Vectors - parasitology
Insects
isolation
Landfill
landfills
Microbiology
Muscidae
oocysts
Public Health Microbiology
Refuse Disposal
Sarcophagidae
Poland
Protozoa
Apicomplexa
Vertebrata
Waste dumping
Giardia lamblia
Mammalia
Bovine
Cryptosporidium parvum
Diplomonadida
Livestock
Artiodactyla
Ungulata
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Summary:Filth flies associated with a cattle barn and a municipal landfill were tested positive by combined immunofluorescent antibody and fluorescent in situ hybridization for Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia on their exoskeletons and in their guts. More pathogens were carried by flies from the cattle barn than from the landfill; 81% of C. parvum and 84% of G. lamblia pathogens were presumptively viable.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205. Phone: (410) 614-4984. Fax: (410) 955-0105. E-mail: tgraczyk@jhsph.edu.
ISSN:0099-2240
1098-5336
DOI:10.1128/AEM.70.6.3742-3744.2004