Table 6 Results of individual studies of Salmonella persistence in incomplete metamorphosis insects.

From: A systematic review of experimental studies on Salmonella persistence in insects

Insect order

Insect genus

Insect species

Insect life cycle stage

Salmonella serotype

Load per contaminated subject

Duration of exposure

Declaration of surface disinfection of the insect

Persistence in insects (days)

Author

Blattodea

Blaberus

craniifer, discoidalis

A

Typhi

9.3 log CFU/insect

SING

No

17a,b

29

Enteritidis

9.5 log CFU/insect

SING

No

1a

Blatella

germanica

A

NR

NR

24 h

Yes

9

34

A

Typhimurium

0–8.8 log CFU/food pellet

24 h

No

>4

17

A

Typhimurium

9 different doses ranged from 2.4 log CFU/10 µl to 7.3 log CFU/10 µl

SING

No

Shortest: 3a; longest: 20a

33

A

Typhimurium

9 different doses ranged from 2.4 log CFU/10 µl to 7.3 log CFU/10 µl

SING

No

Shortest: 10; longest: 29

 

A

NR

NR

SING

No

>10 months

27

Blatta

orientalis

A

Typhimurium (83)

0–8.8 log CFU/food pellet

24 h

No

>4

17

NR (Cockroach)

NR

A

Paratyphi B variant Java

NR

0.5 h

No

7

16

  

NR

  

5a

Periplaneta

americana

A

Typhimurium; Montevideo

NR

1 h

Yes

>7

30

A

Typhimurium

3.2 log CFU/insect

   
  

4.27 log CFU/insect

SING

No

2a

35

A

 

4.4 log CFU/insect

  

4a

A

 

5.7 log CFU/insect

  

7a

A

 

6.3 log CFU/insect

  

16a

A

Typhimurium

4.8 log CFU/insect

SING

No

44a,b

28

A

Typhimurium

4.8 log CFU/insect

SING

No

30a,b,c

A

Typhimurium

8 log CFU/insect

SING

Yes

6

36

  

2 log CFU/insect

IN

Yes

4 in males

     

7 in females

  

2 log CFU/insect

SIN with latex beads

Yes

9 in males

A

Typhimurium (83)

0–8.8 log CFU/food pellet

24 h

No

>4

17

Hemiptera

Macrosteles

quadrilineatus

A

Cubana; Enteritidis; Newport; Poona; Schwarzengrund; Baildon; Mbandaka

5.7 log CFU/insect

24 h

No

>2

56

>2d

A

Typhimurium

NR

12 h

No

>2

58

  1. NR not reported, IN inoculation, SING single ingestion, A adult.
  2. aSalmonella persistence in feces.
  3. buntil insect death.
  4. cfrom day 10 fed with cockroach feces.
  5. dSalmonella persistence in honeydew.