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- Title
Notes From the Field: Update on Human Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Associated With Aquatic Frogs--United States, 2009-2011.
- Authors
Yaeger, Jill; Hudecek, Phil; Fritz, Curtis L.; Gilliss, Debra; Vugia, Duc J.; Inami, Gregory; Brenden, Rita A.; Adams, Jennifer K.; Bopp, Cheryl A.; Trees, Eija; Hill, Vincent; Kahler, Amy; Pringle, Jeshua; Williams, Ian; Behravesh, Casey Barton; Bennett, Sarah D.; Mettee, Shauna L.
- Abstract
The article presents an update on human Salmonella Typhimurium infections associated with aquatic African dwarf frogs (ADF) in the U.S. from April 2, 2009 to May 10, 2011. Based on data, the median age in the outbreak was five years and about 52 percent were female. Thirty-seven patients were hospitalized and 56 out of 86 patients had contact with frogs in the week before illness. Record shows the median time from acquiring a frog to illness onset, which was 15 days.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SALMONELLA typhimurium; FROGS; PATIENTS; INFECTION; FOOD poisoning
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011, Vol 306, Issue 4, p376
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article