|Articles|April 2, 2010

Have You Heard? Stop! Don't kiss that frog!

Despite Disney's popular movie, kissing a frog won't turn you into one. But some frog owners have developed salmonellosis from contact with their amphibian friends.

Despite Disney's popular movie, kissing a frog won't turn you into one. But some frog owners have developed salmonellosis from contact with their amphibian friends.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Multistate outbreak of human

Salmonella typhimurium

infections associated with aquatic frogs-United States, 2009.

MMMWR Weekly

2010;58(51&52):1433-1436.

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