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Salmonella Rubislaw gastroenteritis linked to a pet lizard
Author(s) -
Moffatt Cameron R M,
Lafferty Antony R,
Khan Sara,
Krsteski Radomir,
Valcanis Mary,
Powling Joan,
Veitch Mark
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03743.x
Subject(s) - communicable disease , public health , library science , medicine , government (linguistics) , family medicine , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , computer science
The droppings of free-roamingreptiles may result in widespread contamination of the homeenvironment. The hands of younger children are readily contami-nated, while infants may be indirectly infected via their parents orsiblings. Ultimately, bacteria are transferred to the mouth andingested. Hand washing may not eliminate the risk of infection. As