“…IV was found to be common in iguana lizards (de Sá & Solari, 2001;Pfleger et al, 2003). Serovar Typhimurium and Enteritidis were rarely detected from reptiles (Warwick et al, 2001;Seepersadsingh & Adesiyun, 2003), nevertheless, the carriage of other human-associated salmonellae serovars, particularly multidrug-resistant strains usually occur without obvious symptoms of diarrhea, thus salmonellae seem to be essentially normal component of reptilian intestinal flora (Warwick et al, 2001;Ebani et al, 2005). Cases of reptile-associated human salmonellosis were reported in the United States, Canada and Europe since the 1960's (Weinstein et al, 1995;Woodward et al, 1997;Olsen et al, 2001;Warwick et al, 2001).…”