Atkinson TH, Koehler PG, Patterson RS (1992). Catalogue and atlas of the cockroaches (Dictyoptera) of North America North of Mexico. Miscellaneous Publication of the Entomological Society of America 78:1-86.

Bennett G (1993). Pest control: Cockroaches as carries of bacteria. Lancet 341:732.
Crossref

Brenner RJ, Koehler PG, Patterson RS (1987). Health implications of cockroach infestations. Infect. Med. 4:394-58.

Brown D (1993). Escherichia coli. "Tracing an Epidemic to a Mysterious Microbe," Washington Post National Weekly Edition. p. 38.

Burgess NRH (1984). Hospital design and cockroach control. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 78:293-294.
Crossref

Burgess NRH, McDermott SN, Whiting J (1973). Aerobic bacteria occurring in the hindgut of the cockroaches Blattaorientalis. J. Hyg. 71:1-7.
Crossref

Chamavit P, Sahaisook P, Niamnuy N (2011). The majority of Coakroaches from the Samutprakarn province of Thailand are carriers of parasitic organisms. EXCLI J. 218-222.

Cloarec A, Rivault C, Fontaine F, Le Guyader A (1992). Cockroaches as the carries of bacteria in multi-family dwellings. Epidemiol. Infect. 109:483-490
Crossref

Cochran DJ (2001). Cockroache, biology distribution and control. Tehran University Publication. First Edition. p. 144.

Daly HV, Doyen JT, Purcell III AH (1998). Introduction to insect biology and diversity. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, London

Ebeling W (1978). Urban entomology. Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Berkeley.

Edwin H, Lennette WJ, Hausler JBH, Shadomy J (1985). Manual of clinical microbiology 4th edition. American Society for Microbiology.

Elgderi RM, Ghenghesh KS, Berbash N (2006). Carriage by the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) of multiple-antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are potentially pathogenic to humans, in hospitals and households in Tripoli, Libya. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasit. 100:55-62.
Crossref

Fotedar R, Shriniwas UB, Verma A (1991). Cockroaches (Blattela germanica) as carries of microorganisms of medical importance in hospitals, Epidemiol. infect. 107:181-187
Crossref

Gatto AJ, Peters TM, Green J, Fiser IST, Gill ON, O'Brien JS Maguire C, Berghold C, Leaderer I, Gerner-Smidt P, Torpdahl M, Siitone A, Lukinmaa S, Tschape H, Prager R, Luzzi I, Dionisi AM, Van Der Zwaluw WK, Heck M, Coia J, Brown D, Usera M, Echeita A, Threlfall J (2006). Distribution of molecular subtypes within salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis phags type 4 and Salmonella typhimurium definitive phage type 104 in nine European countries 2000-2004: results of an international multi-center study. Epidemiol. Infect .134(4):729-736
Crossref

Graczyk TK, Knight R, Tamang L, (2005). Mechanical transmission of human protozoan parasites by insects. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 18:128-132.
Crossref

Hossein F, Giti E, Elham G, (2003). Cockroaches as reservoir and vectors of drug resistant salmonella spp. Iran. Biomed. J. 7(1):35-38.

Kopanic RJ, Sheldon B, Wright CG (1994). Cockroaches as a vector of Salmonella: laboratory and field trails. J. Food Prot. 57: 125-132.

Kubitschek HE (1990). Cell volume increase in Escherichia coli after shifts to richer media. J. Bacteriol. 172 (1): 94-101.
Pubmed

Libkin L (1995). Escherichia coli."DNA Repair Enzyme: A Structure Revealed," Science News Magazine of the society for science and the public. p. 36.

Meeker-Lowry S (1995).Escherichia coli."Challenging the Meat Monopoly". Z Magazine. pp. 28-35.

Mohammadi J (1998). Determination of active specimens cockroaches in hospitals and dwellings of Zanjan, Procedure. First Medical entomology Congress, Pastor Institute, Tehran-Iran. p. 139.

Paul S, Khan AM, Baqui MA, Muhibullah M, (1992). Evaluation of the Common Cockroach Periplaneta americana (L) as Carrier of Medically Important Bacteria. J. Commun. Dis. 24:206-210.
Pubmed

Popoff MY, Bockemuhl J, Gheesling LL (2004). Supplement 2002 (no.46) to the Kauffmann - White scheme. Res. Microbiol.155:568-570.
Crossref

Rivault G, Cloarec A, Le Guyader A (1993). Bacterial load of Cockroaches in relation to urban environment. Epidemiol. Infect. 110:317-325.
Crossref

Rivault G, Cloarec A, Le Guyader A (1993). Bacterial Contamination of Food by Cockroaches. J. Environ. Health 55:21-22.

Rueger ME, Olson TA (1969). Cockroaches (Blattaria) as vector of food poisoning and food infection organism. J. Med. Entomol. 6:185-189
Pubmed

Salehzadeh A, Tavacol P, Mahjub H (2007). Bacterial, fungal and parasitic contamination of cockroaches in public hospitals of Hamadan, Iran. J. Vector Borne Dis. 44:105-110.
Pubmed

Sramova H, Daniel M, Absolonova V, Dedicova D, Jedlickova Z, Urotova H, Petras P, Subertova V (1992). Epidemiological Role of Arthropods detectable in Health Facilities. J. Hosp. Infect. 20:281-292.
Crossref

Stankus RP, Horner WE, Lehrer SB, (1990). Identification and characterization of important cockroach's allergens. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 86(5):781-787.
Crossref

Talaro KP (2007).Foundation in Microbiology, McGraw Hill.

Tanaka I, Motoki M (1993). Released and Recapture of German Cockroaches Blattella germanica (L) in a vacant House. In: KB Wildely and WH Robinson (Eds) proceedings of the first international Conference on insects Pests in the Urban Environment, Cambridge, UK. pp. 281-283.

Tortora GJ, Funke BR, Case CL (2005). Microbiology: an introduction, 8th edition. Artmed.

Tungtrongchitr A, Sookrung N, Munkong N, Mahakittikun V, Chinabut P, Chaicumpa W, Bunnag C, Vichyanond P (2004). The levels of cockroach allergen in relation to cockroach species and allergic diseases in Thai patients. Asian Pac. J. Allergy Immunol. 22:115-121.
Pubmed

Vogt RL, Dippold L (2005). Escherichia coli 0157:H7 outbreak associated with consumption of ground beef, June-July 2002. Public Health Rep. 120(2):174-178.
Pubmed