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A total of 21 reported human cases of salmonellosis implicating reptiles-turtles and one chameleon-as the most probable sources of infection were investigated in the state of Washington. Of the 103 family members, including the index cases, 48 were ill or had stool specimens testing positive for salmonellae. Salmonellae and the related arizonae were isolated from an appreciable number of turtle-lank waler samples obtained at wholesale and retail outlets.

AND IN HUMANS IN WASHINGTON STATE RECENT studies indicate that Q fever is much more widespread in the United States than was formerly realized. Infection in cat¬ tle has now been demonstrated in 35 States, and human infection has been reported from 18 of these States (1). "Significantly," Luoto states, "infections are being detected wherever a search for the disease is made" (2). A limited serologic survey in eastern Wash¬ ington in 1948-49 (3) found Q fever in both humans and animals, and the author concluded that cattle were an important reservoir. To provide up-to-date information on the disease throughout the State, we conducted a screen¬ ing survey for the presence of Q fever anti¬ bodies in dairy cows and in humans in 1959. Material and Methods Milk samples were collected, with the cooper¬ ation of the Washington State Department of Agriculture, from all large commercial dairies supplying the main urban centers: Seattle, Dr. Weiner was with the Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, on assignment to the Washington State Department of Health when this study was made. He is now chief of the Epizootiology Section,