Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
Research
Effect of Regulation and Education on Reptile-associated Salmonellosis
Birgitta de Jong*†
, Yvonne Andersson*, and Karl Ekdahl*†
, Yvonne Andersson*, and Karl Ekdahl*†Table 1
Reported serotypes of salmonellosis acquired in Sweden, 1990–2000
| Serotype | No. of RAS* patients | No. of non-RAS patients | % of all RAS cases | % of all patients infected in Sweden | Type of reptile (could be >1 reptile/case) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis | 81 | 2,345 | 23.9 | 3.3 | Turtle (46); tortoise (2); lizard (12); snake (28) |
| S. Typhimurium | 30 | 2,056 | 8.9 | 1.4 | Turtle (11); lizard (7); snake (16) |
| S. Subspecies III | 30 | 8 | 8.9 | 78.9 | Turtle (5); lizard (5); snake (25) |
| S. Subspecies I | 19 | 41 | 5.6 | 31.7 | Turtle (7); lizard (4); snake (8) |
| S. Newport | 15 | 100 | 4.4 | 13.0 | Turtle (3); lizard (4); snake (9) |
| S. Poona | 15 | 19 | 4.4 | 44.1 | Turtle (9); lizard (1); snake (5) |
| S. Saintpaul | 12 | 53 | 3.5 | 18.5 | Turtle (12) |
| S. Braenderup | 12 | 30 | 3.5 | 28.6 | Turtle (8); lizard(4) |
| S. Stanley | 11 | 147 | 3.2 | 7.0 | Turtle (11) |
| S. Muenchen | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 25.0 | Turtle (4); lizard (1); snake (5) |
| S. Java | 9 | 49 | 2.7 | 15.5 | Turtle (5); snake (2); several reptiles (2) |
| S. Oranienburg | 6 | 84 | 1.8 | 6.7 | Turtle (2); lizard (3); snake (3) |
| S. Litchfield | 6 | 12 | 1.8 | 33.3 | Turtle (6) |
| S. Subspecies | 5 | 177 | 1.5 | 2.7 | Turtle (4); lizard (1) |
| S. Adelaide | 5 | 33 | 1.5 | 13.2 | Snake (5) |
| S. Chester | 5 | 11 | 1.5 | 31.3 | Turtle (2); snake (3) |
| S. Bovismorbificans | 4 | 350 | 1.2 | 1.1 | Turtle (3); snake (1) |
| S. Hadar | 4 | 140 | 1.2 | 2.8 | Turtle (3); snake (1) |
| S. Telelkebir | 4 | 4 | 1.2 | 50.0 | Lizard (2); snake (2) |
| S. Montevideo | 3 | 55 | 0.9 | 5.2 | Turtle (2); lizard (1) |
| S. Subspecies II | 3 | 12 | 0.9 | 20.0 | Turtle (1); lizard (1) |
| S. Subspecies IV | 3 | 2 | 0.9 | 60.0 | Lizard (3) |
| S. Infantis | 2 | 324 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Snake (2) |
| S. Bredeney | 2 | 56 | 0.6 | 3.4 | Turtle (2) |
| S. Heidelberg | 2 | 44 | 0.6 | 4.3 | Turtle (2) |
| S. Panama | 2 | 35 | 0.6 | 5.4 | Lizard (1); snake (1) |
| S. Abony | 2 | 17 | 0.6 | 10.5 | Turtle (2) |
| S. Ituri | 2 | 5 | 0.6 | 28.6 | Snake (2) |
| S. Napoli | 2 | 1 | 0.6 | 66.7 | Lizard (1) |
| S. Bonn | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 100.0 | Turtle (1) |
| S. Nima | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 100.0 | Snake (1) |
| S. Shubra | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 100.0 | Turtle (1) |
| S. Agona | 1 | 429 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Snake (1) |
| S. Virchow | 1 | 152 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Turtle (1) |
| S. Thompson | 1 | 54 | 0.3 | 1.8 | Snake (1) |
| S. Blockley | 1 | 51 | 0.3 | 1.9 | Lizard (1) |
| S. Mikawasima | 1 | 27 | 0.3 | 3.6 | Turtle (1) |
| S. Muenster | 1 | 7 | 0.3 | 12.5 | Snake (1) |
| S. Oslo | 1 | 3 | 0.3 | 25.0 | Lizard and snake (1) |
| S. Reading | 1 | 3 | 0.3 | 25.0 | Snake (1) |
| S. Ibadan | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 33.3 | Snake (1) |
| S. Monschaui | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 33.3 | Snake (1) |
| S. Rubislaw | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 33.3 | Snake (1) |
| S. Urbana | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 33.3 | Turtle (1) |
| S. Farmsen | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 50.0 | Snake (1) |
| S. Pomona | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 50.0 | Turtle (1) |
| S. Abaetetuba | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | Turtle and lizard (1) |
| S. Lome | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | Snake (1) |
| S. Matadi | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | Turtle (1) |
| S. Spartel | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | Lizard (1) |
| S. Tamberma | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | Snake (1) |
| S. Veijle | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | Snake (1) |
| S. Windemere | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 100.0 | Snake (1) |
| >1 serotype† | 4 | ‡ | 1.2 | – | Lizard (1); snake (3) |
| Not typed | 2 | ‡ | 0.6 | – | Snake (2) |
| Total no. of cases | 339 | 6,974 | 100 | 100 | – |
*RAS, reptile-associated case of Salmonella infection, human.
†1 case respectively with S. Adelaide + S. Montevideo, S. Agoueve + S. Chester + S. Infantis, S. Ajiobo + S. Muenchen, and S. Mesbit + S. Montevideo.
‡Not available.
