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Pet Frogs Source of Salmonella Outbreak
The New York Daily News reports that pet frogs were identified as the source of a recent multistate salmonella outbreak. It has long been known that frogs can be a source of salmonella. Young children are advised not to handle them.
In the most recent outbreak involving frogs, reports of illness came from 25 states and occurred from June through November, according to the CDC. More than three-quarters of the patients are younger than 10 years old, and the median age is 4 years. No deaths have been reported, according to the CDC.
When health officials investigated the reports, they learned that many of the sickened individuals indicated they had been in contact with pet frogs, the AP said. The strain of salmonella was found in aquariums that housed frogs in three of the homes where people had gotten sick.
"Preliminary analysis of this study suggests contact with frogs, including water frogs such as African dwarf frogs, is a likely source of the infections," said a CDC statement.
The CDC advises people to wash their hands thoroughly after handling a frog or a turtle. Anything the frog or turtle comes in contact with can also be a salmonella source.
Posted on December 16, 2009
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