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African dwarf frog Salmonella outbreak recap

By Scott Weese on May 28, 2013
Posted in Other animals

I’ve written about the African dwarf frog and Salmonella issue before, but it’s worth a recap since an overview of the 2008-2011 outbreak was recently published in the journal Pediatrics (Mettee Zarecki et al 2013). The fact that reptiles and amphibians can carry Salmonella is nothing new, nor is the fact that outbreaks…

African Dwarf frog ban in Markham, Ontario

By Scott Weese on July 2, 2012
Posted in Other animals

Markham, Ontario’s city council has passed a bylaw prohibiting the keeping of African Dwarf frogs. While in reality more of a ban on the sale of frogs in the city (since I doubt there will be any effort to search for contraband frogs in households), and perhaps of somewhat limited impact because of the availability…

Aquatic frog Salmonella update

By Scott Weese on May 26, 2011
Posted in Other animals

As I mentioned in an earlier post, there’s been a large and ongoing outbreak of salmonellosis in people across the US associated with pet aquatic frogs (such as African dwarf frogs). A recent edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports provides an update on this large and concerning outbreak. Here are the highlights regarding…

Salmonella from frogs

By Scott Weese on December 10, 2009
Posted in Other animals, Salmonella

The CDC is investigating an apparent multistate outbreak of salmonellosis associated with contact with frogs. As of December 7, 48 infected people had been identified from 25 states – a pretty remarkable distribution. People got sick between June 24  and November 14, 2009. As is normal for Salmonella outbreaks linked to animals, young children have…

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