Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

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Volume 23

October - December 2007 (Part-II)

Number  6


 

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Isolation Of fungi from housefly
(Musca Domestica)
in Ahwaz, Iran

Majid Zarrin1, Babak Vazirianzadeh2, Setareh Shams Solary3,
Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi4, Mahmoud Rahdar5

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The objective of this study was isolation of fungi on external surface of houseflies collected from Ahwaz, Iran.

Methodology: The fungal spores of the external surface of 275 house-flies (Musca domestica) were collected from Ahwaz, Iran. The flies were captured and rinsed in a solution of 1% sodium hypochlorite for three minutes and twice in sterile distilled water for 1min. The group of ten flies was transferred to a 0.85% saline solution. 0.1ml of this solution was transferred to Sabouraud’s dextrose agar (SDA). The plates were kept at room temperature to allow appearance of the fungal colonies.

Results: In this study 1295 fungal colonies were identified. The main fungi isolated were species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, Yeasts, Cladosporium and Fusarium. Also, 2 dermatophytes were recovered including Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that house-fly is a carrier for fungal spores.

KEY WORDS: Fungi, House fly, Isolation.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2007 (Part-II)    Vol. 23 No. 6    917-919


 1. Majid Zarrin (Ph.D),
2. Babak Vazirianzadeh (Ph.D),
Department of Parasitology and Mycology,
Medical School,
Ahwaz, Iran and Tropical Medicine Centre,
Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences,
Ahwaz, Iran.
3. Setareh Shams Solary (B.Sc),
Department of Enthomology, School of Health,
Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences,
Ahwaz, Iran.
4. Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi ( Ph.D),
5. Mahmoud Rahdar (Ph.D)
1,4,5: Department of Parasitology and Mycology,
Medical School,
Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences,
Ahwaz, Iran.

Correspondence
Dr. Majid Zarrin,
Email: mjzarrin@yahoo.co.uk

* Received for Publication: January 11, 2007
* Revision Received: September 10, 2007
* Revision Accepted: September 15, 2007



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