Notes from the field: Outbreak of salmonellosis associated with pet turtle exposures - United States, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 79-

  Weltman, Andre ^a   Smee, Aaron ^a   Moll, Maria ^a   Deasy, Marshall ^a   Pringle, Jeshua ^b   Williams, Ian ^b   Behravesh, Casey Barton ^b   Wright, Jennifer ^b   Routh, Janell ^c   Longenberger, Allison ^c  

^a Pennsylvania Dept of Public Health   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLOSIS; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; TURTLES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857006697     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. CDC. Multistate outbreak of human Salmonella Typhimurium infections associated with pet turtle exposure-United States, 2008. MMWR 2010;59:191-6.
2. Code of Federal Regulations. Turtles intrastate and interstate requirements, 21 C.F.R. Sect. 1240.62 (2011). Available at http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=1240.62. Accessed January 24, 2012.
3. Independent Turtle Farmers of Louisiana v. United States, 703 F. Supp. 2d 604 W.D. La (March 30, 2010). Available at http://dockets.justia.com/docket/louisiana/lawdce/1:2007cv00856/103949. Accessed January 24, 2012.
4. Harris J, Neil K, Barton Behravesh C, Sotir M, Angulo F. Recent multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella infections acquired from turtles: a continuing public health challenge. Clin Infect Dis 2010;50:554-9.
5. Cohen ML, Potter M, Pollard R, Feldman R. Turtle-associated salmonellosis in the United States. JAMA 1980;243:1247-9.