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A ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO COMBATTING SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS: NARRATIVE REVIEW OF AN EMERGING ZOONOTIC FUNGAL PATHOGEN IN SOUTH AMERICA
Rossow, John A. et al. | Date Issued: 2020
Author
Rossow, John A.
Queiroz-Telles, Flavio
Caceres, Diego H.
Beer, Karlyn D.
Jackson, Brendan R.
Pereira, Jose Guillermo
Gremião, Isabella Dib Ferreira
Pereira, Sandro Antonio
Affilliation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mycotic Diseases Branch. Atlanta, GA, USA / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Epidemic Intelligence Service. Atlanta, GA, USA.
Federal University of Parana. Hospital de Clinicas. Department of Public Health. Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mycotic Diseases Branch. Atlanta, GA, USA / Center of Expertise in Mycology. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mycotic Diseases Branch. Atlanta, GA, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mycotic Diseases Branch. Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare. National Leprosy Control Program. National Directorate of Health Surveillance. Dermatology Specialty Center. San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica de Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica de Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis has become a major public health concern and presents a distinct divergence from the traditional epidemiology of sporotrichosis. This emerging fungal pathogen spreads readily among cat populations, and human infections occur exclusively via zoonotic transmission. While sporotrichosis is an implantation mycosis that typically manifests as cutaneous lesions in humans and cats, severe extracutaneous manifestations are more common with S. brasiliensis than other Sporothrix species infections. Rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment regimens are critical for successful clinical resolution of sporotrichosis in both cats and humans. Species-level identification of Sporothrix is possible with molecular diagnostics and necessary for tracking the geographic expansion of S. brasiliensis and better understanding its epidemiology. Combatting cat-transmitted sporotrichosis requires a One Health approach to successfully implement public health control measures.
Keywords
One Health
Sporothrix brasiliensis
Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis
Fungi
Sporotrichosis
 
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MDPI
Citation
ROSSOW, John A. et al. A One Health Approach to Combatting Sporothrix brasiliensis: Narrative Review of an Emerging Zoonotic Fungal Pathogen in South America. Journal of Fungi, v. 6, n. 4, p. 1-27, Oct. 2020.
DOI
10.3390/jof6040247
ISSN
2309-608X