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House Fly and Disease

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Houseflies are familiar as carriers of easily infectious diseases. Flies are collect pathogens on their legs and mouths when the females lay eggs on decomposing organic matter such as garbage, feces and animal corpses.

Houseflies carry the diseases on their legs and the very small hairs that cover their bodies. It takes only a few seconds for them to transfer these pathogens to touched surfaces or food. Mature houseflies are also use saliva to liquefy hard food before feeding on it. During this process, they transfer the pathogens initial collected by landing on offal.

Diseases carried by houseflies include dysentery, cholera and typhoid. Other diseases carried by houseflies include anthrax, tuberculosis, and salmonella. Houseflies have also been known to transmit the eggs of scrounging worms.


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