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Microbial organisms carried by brown-banded cockroaches in relation to their spatial distribution in a hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. Le Guyader ,
C. Rivault  and
J. Chaperon
A. Le Guyader
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Rennes-Pontchaillou, rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35033, Rennes Cedex
C. Rivault
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Ethologie, UA CNRS 373, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes Cedex
J. Chaperon
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Rennes-Pontchaillou, rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35033, Rennes Cedex
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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.

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Special Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , June 1989 , pp. 485 - 492
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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