| highly pathogenic salmonella pomona was first isolated from the exotic red-eared slider (trachemys scripta elegans) in the wild in china: implications for public health. | salmonella pomona, a highly pathogenic serotype, can cause severe human salmonellosis, especially in children. turtles and other reptiles are reservoirs for s. pomona, and these cold-blooded animals remain a source of human salmonella infections. since the 1980s, this serotype has become a significant public health concern because of the increasing number of cases of s. pomona infection in humans. to date, outbreaks of salmonella pomona infection in humans have mainly occurred in the united stat ... | 2014 | 24012893 |