Failure to Incriminate Domestic Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) as Mechanical Vectors ofTaeniaEggs (Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae) in Rural Mexico

M. J. Martinez; A. S. de Aluja; M. Gemmell

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.489

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M. J. Martinez,¹ A. S. de Aluja,¹ M. Gemmell²

¹Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública and Departamento de Patología. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico CP 04510
²Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Mandingley Road, Cambridge, CB30ES, UK

Abstract

Flies caught in homes in a rural village in Guerrero, Mexico, between November 1994 and August 1995 were assessed for their role in the transmission ofTaenia soliumL. Most (99%) of the trapped flies wereMusca domesticaL. None of the 1,187 guts or 1,080 legs of the flies containedT. soliumeggs. Pigs roam freely in this village consuming human fecal material immediately after defecation, thereby limiting fly contact withT. soliumeggs.

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M. J. Martinez, A. S. de Aluja, and M. Gemmell "Failure to Incriminate Domestic Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) as Mechanical Vectors ofTaeniaEggs (Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae) in Rural Mexico," Journal of Medical Entomology 37(4), 489-491, (1 July 2000). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.489

Received: 18 June 1998; Accepted: 1 August 1999; Published: 1 July 2000