In news bound to make the common germophobe even more paranoid about that fly buzzing around the picnic table, a team of researchers has found that house flies and blow flies can spread a whole host of bacteria that was previously unsuspected to hitch a ride on the insects. The recently published study also suggests that a fly's bacteria-carrying capability could be hijacked and used in a public health surveillance capacity to track pathogen outbreaks.
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