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Salmonella diversity associated with wild reptiles and amphibians in Spain

Investigation published in Environmental Microbiology

August 1st, 2004

During the spring and summer of 2001, faeces from 166 wild reptiles (94 individuals) and amphibians (72 individuals) from 21 different species found in central Spain were examined for the presence of Salmonella. Thirty-nine reptiles (41.5%) yielded 48 Salmonella isolates, whereas all the amphibians examined were negative. Subspecies Salmonella enterica enterica (I) accounted for up to 50% of isolates. Fourteen isolates (29.2%) belonged to subspecies diarizonae (IIIb), six isolates (12.5%) to subspecies salamae (II), and four isolates (8.3%) to subspecies arizonae (IIIa). Twenty-seven different serotypes were identified. Serotypes Anatum (12.5%), Herzliya (8.3%), Abony, 18:l,v:z, 9,12:z29:1,5 and 38:z10:z53 (6.2%/each) were the most frequently isolated. A high percentage (39.6%) of isolates belonged to serotypes previously associated with environmental sources. Also, 37.5% of isolates belonged to serotypes which had been related to human cases of salmonellosis. From these data, it is concluded that wild reptiles, but apparently not amphibians, may represent an important reservoir of Salmonella in nature and have potential implications for public health




Briones V., Tellez S., Goyache J., Ballesteros C., Lanzarot MP., Dominguez L. and Fernandez-Garayzabal JF..




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Participants:

Universidad ComplutenseDepartamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Universidad ComplutenseServicio de Identificación y Caracterización Microbiana (ICM). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Gesnatura, S.L.







Environmental Microbiology
FACTOR YEAR Q
3.995 2004

NLMID: 100883692

PMID: 15250889

ISSN: 1462-2912



TITLE: Salmonella diversity associated with wild reptiles and amphibians in Spain


JOURNAL: Environ Microbiol


NUMERACIÓN: 6(8):868-71


AÑO: 2004


PUBLISHER: Wiley


AUTHORS: Briones V., Tellez S., Goyache J., Ballesteros C., Lanzarot MP., Dominguez L. and Fernandez-Garayzabal JF..


First
Víctor Briones Dieste
3rd
Joaquín Goyache Goñi
6th
Lucas Domínguez Rodríguez
Last
José Francisco Fernández-Garayzabal Fernández

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00631.x


CITE THIS PUBLICATION:

Briones V., Tellez S., Goyache J., Ballesteros C., Lanzarot MP., Dominguez L. and Fernandez-Garayzabal JF. Salmonella diversity associated with wild reptiles and amphibians in Spain. Environmental Microbiology. 6(8):868-71. 2004. (A). ISSN: 1462-2912. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00631.x


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