| salmonella virchow and salmonella weltevreden in a random survey of the asian house gecko, hemidactylus frenatus, in houses in northern australia. | abstract background: salmonella enterica serotype virchow is the most common cause of invasive nontyphoid salmonellosis in north queensland, particularly in infants, but the zoonotic source is unknown. this study aimed at determining (i) the prevalence of the introduced asian house gecko, hemidactylus frenatus, in houses in north queensland and (ii) whether they were a potential source of salmonella virchow. methods: asian house geckos were collected in a random survey of houses in townsville, n ... | 2010 | 20973656 |
| new species of choleoeimeria (apicomplexa: eimeriidae), coccidia of bile-bladders of reptiles, illustrating a multiplicity of host cell-parasite interrelations. | oocyst characteristics and histological features of the endogenous development of bile-bladder coccidia of the genus choleoeimeria paperna and landsberg, 1989 are described and the main features for species differentiation are discussed for the following new species: c. allogamae n. sp. from agama sp., cameroon, west africa; c. allogehyrae n. sp. from gehyra australis, magnetic island (type) and mainland n queensland, australia; c. boulii n. sp. from gehyra variegata, sw queensland, australia; c ... | 2007 | 18412050 |