A minireview of synanthropic insects such as flies, cockroaches, and coprophagic beetles …

• Summary
• Introduction
• Transmission mechanisms
• Cockroaches as vectors of human enteric protozoa
• Dung beetles as hosts of human protozoan parasites
• Filth flies and human food-borne protozoan diseases
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• References

Biology Articles » Parasitology » Mechanical Transmission of Human Protozoan Parasites by Insects » Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

- Mechanical Transmission of Human Protozoan Parasites by Insects

The studies on mechanical transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum were supported by the Maryland Sea Grant, College Park, Md. (grant no. R/F-88), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. (grant no. R824995), the Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. (grant no. H040-951-0180), and the NATO Collaborative Linkage Grant, Brussels, Belgium (grant no. CLG 979765).

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205. Phone: (410) 614-4984. Fax: (410) 614-4984. E-mail: tgraczyk@jhsph.edu .