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Among all the samples of flies and cockroaches collected, Musca domestica vicina and Blattella germanica accounted for the highest proportion, 27.59% and 66.47%, respectively. Their positive rates for carrying Staphylococcus aureus were also the most significant, reaching 4.35% and 6.47%, respectively. The imported flies and cockroaches mainly came from Asia, with the highest proportion coming from Hong Kong, at 97.71% and 92.11%, respectively. Metagenomic sequencing indicated that the pathogens carried by the flies and cockroaches from different regions of Asia were generally similar but showed some differences. Flies from Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and West Asia and cockroaches from Southeast Asia, East Asia, and West Asia harboured unique opportunistic pathogens capable of causing gastrointestinal and respiratory infections in humans. Specifically, flies carried pathogens such as Campylobacter jejuni, Bacillus anthracis, Bacteroides fragilis, and Bordetella bronchiseptica, while cockroaches carried B. fragilis, Clostridium tetani, and Bacillus cereus. 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