Cat-transmitted Sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Schubach, Armando; Schubach, Tânia Maria Pacheco; Barros, Mônica Bastos de Lima; Wanke, Bodo

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Cat-transmitted Sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Dec 2005
By Schubach, Armando ; Schubach, Tânia Maria Pacheco ; Barros, Mônica Bastos de Lima ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Schubach, Armando ; Schubach, Tânia Maria Pacheco ; Barros, Mônica Bastos de Lima ; Wanke, Bodo
Description:

Sporotrichosis is an emerging zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From 1998 to 2003, 497 humans and 1,056 cats with culture-proven sporotrichosis were studied. A total of 421 patients, 67.4% with a history of a scratch or bite, reported contact with cats that had sporotrichosis.
Subjects:

Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Animals Bites And Stings Cat Diseases Cats Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Humans Sporotrichosis Time Factors Urban Population Zoonoses
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 11(12):1952-1954.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Brazil
Volume:

11
Issue:

12
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:f1f82d572c5f60070b34ae26e30c1436817048041823c341ede563a15647b15a
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15705/cdc_15705_DS1.pdf
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