Babies and bearded dragons: Sudden increase in reptile-associated Salmonella enterica serovar tennessee infections, Germany 2008

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1299-1301

  Weiss, Bettina ^a   Rabsch, Wolfgang ^a   Prager, Rita ^a   Tietze, Erhard ^a   Koch, Judith ^a   Mutschmann, Frank ^b   Roggentin, Peter ^c   Frank, Christina ^a,d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Exomed   (Germany)

^c Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Reptiles; Salmonella; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BEARDED DRAGON; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REPTILES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TENNESSEE;

EID: 80052341661     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0239     Document Type: Article

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