Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated With Small Turtle Exposure, 2007-2008

Turtle-associated salmonellosis was increasingly recognized in the United States during the 1960s, leading to a federal ban in 1975 on the sale of turtles

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2009-11, Vol.124 (5), p.1388-1394
Main Authors: Harris, Julie R, Bergmire-Sweat, David, Schlegel, Julie H, Winpisinger, Kim A, Klos, Rachel F, Perry, Christopher, Tauxe, Robert V, Sotir, Mark J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Biological and medical sciences
Causes of
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemics
Female
General aspects
Health aspects
Human bacterial diseases
Human exposure
Humans
Infant
Infections
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Patients
Pediatrics
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Reptiles & amphibians
Risk factors
Salmonella
Salmonella Infections - diagnosis
Salmonella Infections - epidemiology
Salmonella Infections - transmission
Salmonella paratyphi B - isolation & purification
Salmonellosis
Turtles
Turtles - microbiology
United States
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Turtle-associated salmonellosis was increasingly recognized in the United States during the 1960s, leading to a federal ban in 1975 on the sale of turtles
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2009-0272