Salmonella Vitkin Outbreak Associated with Bearded Dragons, Canada and United States, 2021–2022

Salmonella Vitkin Outbreak Associated with Bearded Dragons, Canada and United States, 2021–2022

We identified 2 cases of Salmonella enterica serovar Vitkin infection linked by whole-genome sequencing in infants in Ontario, Canada, during 2022. Both households of the infants reported having bearded dragons as pets. The outbreak strain was also isolated from an environmental sample collected fr...

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Main Authors: Katherine Paphitis, Caroline A. Habrun, G. Sean Stapleton, Alexandra Reid, Christina Lee, Anna Majury, Allana Murphy, Heather McClinchey, Antoine Corbeil, Ashley Kearney, Katharine Benedict, Beth Tolar, Russell O. Forrest
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2024-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Salmonella enterica serovar Vitkin
bacteria
infections
outbreak
bearded dragons
reptiles
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/2/23-0963_article

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