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. 2023 Jun 14;12:59. doi: 10.1186/s40249-023-01113-z

Table 3.

Colonization of ‘filth flies’ with antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in LMIC. LMIC Low- and middle-income countries

Bacterial species Country Year Colonization rate in flies, % (n of isolates/n of flies) Setting Fly species (n) References
ESBL-E. coli China 2011 3% (37/1228)a Airport Chrysomya megacephala (276), Aldrichina graham (247) and others (705) [151]
Ethiopia 2019 6% (5/85) Hospital, butchery Not specified (85) [111]
Nigeria 2017 0.8% (16/2000) Urban, semi-urban and rural Not specified (2000) [107]
Thailand Before 2021 55.7% (334/600) Urban and rural Chrysomya megacephala (600) [110]
Thailand 2013–2015 22.6% (53/235) Urban and rural houseflies (177), blowflies (32), flesh flies (8), not identified (18) [109]
India Before 2022 11% (17/150) Milk and meat shops Musca domestica (150) [108]
Thailand 2018 100% (25/25) Markets Not specified (25) [152]
Zambia 2015 13.4% (56/418) Food market House flies (418) [153]
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bangladesh 2017–2018 25.3% (101/400) Hospital House flies (400) [154]
Botwana 2018–2019 1% (10/970) Hospital House flies (970) [155]
Libya Before 2015 1.3% (2/150) Urban Musca domestica (150) [156]
Nigeria 2017 0.2% (4/2000) Urban, semi-urban and rural Not specified (2000) [106]