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Laboratory transmission of Enterobacteriaceae by the oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

N. R. H. Burgess ,
S. N. McDermott  and
J. Whiting
N. R. H. Burgess
Affiliation:
Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London SW1P 4RJ
S. N. McDermott
Affiliation:
Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London SW1P 4RJ
J. Whiting
Affiliation:
Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London SW1P 4RJ
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Methods of maintaining and feeding and of infecting cockroaches with pathogenic organisms were investigated.

Cockroaches fed on known concentrations of Escherichia coli 0119, Esch. coli O1, Alkalescens Dispar O group 2 and Shigella dysenteriae 1 (Shiga's Bacillus) were maintained in Petri dishes. The effect of various diets on the survival of these organisms within the hind-gut and faeces was observed. With a ‘normal’ diet of gruel Esch. coli 0119 was isolated for up to 20 days, Esch. coli O1 for 17 days and ADO 2 for 15 days. Sh. dysenteriae 1 was isolated only sporadically to the third day.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , March 1973 , pp. 9 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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