Iguanas and Salmonella marina infection in children: A reflection of the increasing incidence of reptile-associated salmonellosis in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-402

  Mermin, Jonathan ^a,b   Hoar, Bruce ^a   Angulo, Frederick J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LIZARD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGUANAS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030975701     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.3.399     Document Type: Article

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