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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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2013-04-01
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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 |