Top End parents are being urged to vacuum up tiny brown and white droppings of gecko poo amid an above-average rise in salmonella cases affecting young children.
Darwin annually records above national average rates of salmonella, especially among children under five during the humid months around Christmas.
This wet season is no different, however the past month has seen an unexpected rise in cases.
“We’re getting about 50 per cent more than we’d expect at the moment,” Dr Peter Markey, head of disease surveillance at the NT Centre for Disease Control, said.
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