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CAT-TRANSMITTED SPOROTRICHOSIS, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Schubach, A. et al. | Date Issued: 2005
Author
Schubach, A.
Schubach, T. M.
Barros, M. B.
Wanke, B.
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Sporotrichosis
Cats
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
 
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Citation
SCHUBACH, Armando et al. Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases,v. 11, n. 12, p. 1952-1954, Dec. 2005.
DOI
10.3201/eid1112.040891
ISSN
1080-6040