Woodward D L, Khakhria R, Johnson W M
National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
J Clin Microbiol. 1997 Nov;35(11):2786-90. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2786-2790.1997.
During the period from 1994 to 1996, an increase in the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of human salmonellosis associated with exposure to exotic pets including iguanas, pet turtles, sugar gliders, and hedgehogs was observed in Canada. Pet turtle-associated salmonellosis was recognized as a serious public health problem in the 1960s and 1970s, and in February 1975 legislation banning the importation of turtles into Canada was enacted by Agriculture Canada. Reptile-associated salmonellosis is once again being recognized as a resurgent disease. From 1993 to 1995, there were more than 20,000 laboratory-confirmed human cases of salmonellosis in Canada. The major source of Salmonella infection is food; however, an estimated 3 to 5% of all cases of salmonellosis in humans are associated with exposure to exotic pets. Among the isolates from these patients with salmonellosis, a variety of Salmonella serotypes were also associated with exotic pets and included the following: S. java, S. stanley, S. poona, S. jangwani, S. tilene, S. litchfield, S. manhattan, S. pomona, S. miami, S. rubislaw, S. marina subsp. IV, and S. wassenaar subsp. IV.
1994年至1996年期间，加拿大发现与接触包括鬣蜥、宠物龟、蜜袋鼯和刺猬在内的外来宠物相关的实验室确诊人类沙门氏菌病病例数有所增加。宠物龟相关的沙门氏菌病在20世纪60年代和70年代被视为严重的公共卫生问题，1975年2月，加拿大农业部门颁布了禁止向加拿大进口龟类的立法。爬行动物相关的沙门氏菌病再次被视为一种复发病症。1993年至1995年，加拿大有超过20000例实验室确诊的人类沙门氏菌病病例。沙门氏菌感染的主要来源是食物；然而，估计人类所有沙门氏菌病病例中有3%至5%与接触外来宠物有关。在这些沙门氏菌病患者的分离菌株中，多种沙门氏菌血清型也与外来宠物有关，包括以下几种：爪哇沙门氏菌、斯坦利沙门氏菌、普纳沙门氏菌、詹瓦尼沙门氏菌、蒂勒内沙门氏菌、利奇菲尔德沙门氏菌曼哈顿沙门氏菌、波莫纳沙门氏菌、迈阿密沙门氏菌、鲁比斯拉沙门氏菌、滨海沙门氏菌IV亚种和瓦森纳沙门氏菌IV亚种。
