・以前宅配業者がオウム病にかかった事例をご紹介しました。そこにも書きましたが、インターネットの普及のためでしょうか、ペットショップがペットの宅配を行っているみたいです。アメリカも然りというか、きっとアメリカの方が色んなものを宅配しているのでしょう。ＣＤＣのＭＭＷＲで以下のような記事がありました。幼児が「ペット」として購入したヒヨコからサルモネラ感染した話です。詳しくは、本文をどうぞ。
Multistate Outbreaks of Salmonella Infections Associated with Live Poultry – United States, 2007
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Live poultry are a source of human Salmonella infections and persons should wash their hands with soap and warm water after handling live poultry or anything that has been in contact with them. Children younger than five years of age should not be allowed to handle baby chicks or other baby birds. Salmonellosis is a serious illness that can be transmitted to people through contact with live poultry, including baby chicks and ducklings. These birds are typically purchased directly from mail order hatcheries or through feed stores. This report documents two distinct outbreaks of salmonellosis likely caused by exposure to live poultry purchased by mail order or from agricultural feed stores. In one outbreak, with 70 percent of infections occurred in children and many of the implicated birds were baby chicks purchased as pets during the Easter holiday season. In contrast, in the other outbreak, 60 percent of the infections occurred in adults, several involved contact with older birds, and most occurred later in the calendar year.
・この記事書きながら縁日で色んな色をつけられたヒヨコが売られていたことを思い出しました。（今も売られてるのかな？）
