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* Pregnant women, children under five years and immunocompromised persons should avoid contact with reptiles and reptile implements.
 
* Pregnant women, children under five years and immunocompromised persons should avoid contact with reptiles and reptile implements.
 
* The [http://cdc.gov CDC] recommends that reptiles should not be kept in child-care centres and households in which persons at risk reside.
 
* The [http://cdc.gov CDC] recommends that reptiles should not be kept in child-care centres and households in which persons at risk reside.
* Provide information to potential purchasers and owners about the risk of acquiring [[Salmonella|salmonella]].
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* Provide information to potential purchasers and owners about the risk of acquiring [[Salmonella|''Salmonella'']].
 
* Proper hygiene measures should be conducted around reptiles at all times in order by reducing exposure to faeces of infected animals.  
 
* Proper hygiene measures should be conducted around reptiles at all times in order by reducing exposure to faeces of infected animals.  
 
* Reptiles should be kept out of sites where potential for transmission exists.
 
* Reptiles should be kept out of sites where potential for transmission exists.
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