Les Salmonelloses en Afrique Centrale

Oye, Eugeen van

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-9842-4_14

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“…Natural infection of lizards and other coldblooded animals by Salmonella spp. has been reported by others (7,13,17,18). Although these animals are frequently found to be carriers of these agents, their epidemiological role remains unclear.…”

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Lizards in the ecology of salmonellosis in Panama

Kourany¹,

Telford²

1981

Appl Environ Microbiol

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Enteropathogenic bacteria was isolated from 131 of 447 (29.4%) neotropical Panamanian lizards belonging to 34 species of seven families. Overall, 147 strains of bacteria were isolated comprising 26 Salmonella and 10 Arizona serotypes. Gymnopthalmus speciosus had the highest infection rate, 12 of 13 individuals (92.3%), whereas Gonatodes fuscus exhibited the lowest, 1 of 18 (5.6%). The highest infection was detected in lizards whose behavioral patterns were secretive (42.0%) and terrestrial (42.6%), whereas the lowest infection was among the scansorial lizards (17.5%). Rates were highest during the dry season, from January through April. Many neotropical Panamanian lizards were multiply infected by Salmonella an Arizona strains representing representing a wide range of serotypes. Infected lizards were distributed in areas varying from remote rural and forested regions to urban developments, offering a potentially important reservoir of enteropathogenic bacteria known to cause infection in man and domestic animals.

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Lizards in the ecology of salmonellosis in Panama

Kourany¹,

Telford²

1981

Appl Environ Microbiol

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“…Only 3 isolates of a single S.II serotype were reported among 3216 salmonellae cultured from humans before 1960 in Central Africa (the former Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi). All 40 new serotypes isolated from man in the same period belonged to subspecies I, while only a few S.11 strains were found among many hundred of salmonellae cultured from a wide range of domestic and wild animals (Van Oye, 1964). A few years later, 24 S.II strains (3 serotypes) out of 814 human isolates were recorded in the same region (Gatti et al 1968).…”

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The prevalence of human isolates of Salmonella subspecies II in southern Africa

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SUMMARYThe Salmonella Reference Centre in Johannesburg received 14059 strains of human origin between 1979 and 1984. A significant proportion (6-3 %) proved to belong to subspecies II. The majority were cultured from faecal material, usually associated with symptoms related to the gastrointestinal tract. They comprised 884 isolates, represented by 203 serotypes, of which 45 were new serotypes.The poor hygienic conditions found in many rural areas, together with possible contamination of food and water by wild animals, may contribute to the greater frequency of human S.II infections and the widespread occurrence of unusual serotypes in man in this geographic region.

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Les Salmonelloses en Afrique Centrale

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Lizards in the ecology of salmonellosis in Panama

Lizards in the ecology of salmonellosis in Panama

The prevalence of human isolates of Salmonella subspecies II in southern Africa

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