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From body of 300 flies (Musca domestica andSarcophaga carnaria) captured in open rural the authors succeed in isolating 4 times (1.33%) telluric dermatophytes: 3 timesMicrosporum canis and 1 time simultaneouslyMicrosporum gypseum andTrichophyton terrestre.
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Pinetti, P., Lostia, A. & Tarantino, F. The role played by flies in the transmission of the human and animal dermatophytic infection. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 54, 131–134 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02055981
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