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Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024
Synopsis

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

Katherine PaphitisComments to Author , Caroline A. Habrun, G. Sean Stapleton, Alexandra Reid, Christina Lee, Anna Majury, Allana Murphy, Heather McClinchey, Antoine Corbeil, Ashley Kearney, Katharine Benedict, Beth Tolar, and Russell O. Forrest
Author affiliations: Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (K. Paphitis, C. Lee, A. Majury, A. Murphy, A. Corbeil); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.A. Habrun, G.S. Stapleton, K. Benedict, B. Tolar); Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (A. Reid); Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto (H. McClinchey); Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (A. Kearney); Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph (R.O. Forrest)

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Table

Patient demographics for 14 Salmonella enterica serovar Vitkin cases in Canada and the United States, March 2021–October 2022*

Characteristic Value
Median age, y
 <1 (range <1–28)
Female sex
 8 (57.1)
Contact with bearded dragons†
 10 (76.9)
Hospitalization 5 (38.5)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. Of the 14 cases, 2 were reported in Canada and 12 in the United States. †Of 13 cases with exposure information available.

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