[Epidemiological remarks on the "S. Arizonae" strains isolated from various animals in tuscany during 1969-1978 (author's transl)]. / Osservazioni epidemiologiche su isolamenti di "Salmonella arizonae" da animali vari in Toscana nel periodo 1969-1978.

After a review of the taxonomic history of the genus Arizona culminated in the insertion of these bacteria in the Kauffmann-White schema, the most significant references concerning their pathogenicity and occurrence are related. In this paper, the outbreaks and sporadic cases by S. arizonae which occurred in Tuscan area during 1969-1978 are reported; between several animal species, turkeys were found frequently infect and the same serotype (S. arizonae 18:Z4,Z32:-) was identified. The epidemiological connections with the infection of turkeys and of other animals, humans inclusive, are discussed.