Non-biting flying insects as carriers of pathogenic bacteria in a Brazilian hospital

Introduction Insects have been described as mechanical vectors of nosocomial infections. Methods Non-biting flying insects were collected inside a pediatric ward and neonatal-intensive care unit (ICU) of a Brazilian tertiary hospital. Results Most (86.4%)...

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Main Authors: Henrique Borges Kappel, Adriana Gonçalves Oliveira, Paulo Roberto da Silva, Afonso Pelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200234&lng=en&tlng=en