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Lizards as vectors of human salmonellosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

F. A. de Hamel  and
Helen M. McInnes
F. A. de Hamel
Affiliation:
Department of Health, District Health Office, P.O. Box 848, Dunedin, N.Z.*
Helen M. McInnes
Affiliation:
Invermay Animal Health Laboratory, Animal Health Division, Department of Agriculture
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Human infections with Salmonella saintpaul have become more frequent in New Zealand in recent years. Most cases now occur in Otago. It is shown that wild lizards in Otago, particularly the common skink (Leiolopisma zelandica), carry S. saintpaul and that most if not all human outbreaks of this salmonella serotype are associated with either lizards or lizard infested areas. So far as is known this is the first report incriminating lizards as the probable cause of human salmonellosis.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , June 1971 , pp. 247 - 253
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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