salmonella

[MoJo]

I would be shocked if 90% of reptiles carried salmonella. I would like to know where you got that statistic. Far more people who have reptiles would get salmonella.

Salmonella in NA is much more common in poultry and eggs. You are far more likely to get salmonella from uncooked/undercooked chicken or eggs or from the counters that they were prepared on!

The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, does not burrow into eyes while you are sleeping! Humans get it by eating undercooked infected pork and part of the tapeworm's life cycle brings into the brain! It is there that the problems can occur because the larvae in the brain can cause seizures.

Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted protozoa.

Joanna

[Stefan-A]

I would be shocked if 90% of reptiles carried salmonella. I would like to know where you got that statistic. Far more people who have reptiles would get salmonella.

I got it from the CDC. Salmonella is really common, you could even say that it's normal for reptiles to carry it.

[MoJo]

I'd like to know where they got it from then. I really find it hard to believe that since I think a lot more people would be sick. Most people don't wash their hands and if they do they do not do it properly.

Joanna