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Table 1 Dipteran families and parasite infection distribution across three animal-rearing sites in Assiut Governorate, Upper Egypt

From: Evaluating the role of synanthropic filth flies in the transmission of zoonotic parasites: field and laboratory evidence from different animal rearing sites in upper Egypt with focus on Cryptosporidium spp.

Dipteran family

Fly species

Collection

Site

No. of flies

Total No

Total no. of fly pools

Positive pools infected with parasites (n/%)

Muscidae

Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758

A

2628

7715

772

746 (96.6%)

B

3668

C

1419

Musca sorbens Wiedemann, 1830

A

42

65

8

8 (100%)

B

23

C

0

Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)

A

12

198

22

21 (95.6%)

B

19

C

167

Sphaeroceridae

Borborillus vitripennis (Meigen, 1830)

A

900

2910

292

238 (81.5%)

B

1240

C

770

Fanniidae

Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761)

A

431

1134

116

111 (95.7%)

B

621

C

82

Sepsidae

Sepsis punctum (Fabricius, 1794)

A

178

495

56

52 (92.8%)

B

277

C

40

Meroplius minutus (Wiedemann, 1830)

A

25

86

15

14 (93.3%)

B

22

C

39

Ulidiidae

Physiphora alceae (Preyssler, 1791)

A

105

137

20

20 (100%)

B

16

C

16

Calliphoridae

Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

A

0

2

2

2 (100%)

B

1

C

1

Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794)

A

0

2

2

2 (100%)

B

2

C

0

Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)

A

1

3

3

3 (100%)

B

1

C

1

Sarcophagidae

Sarcophaga sp.

A

1

2

2

2 (100%)

B

0

C

1

Total

   

12,749

1310

1219 (93%)