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. 2005 Dec;11(12):1952-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1112.040891.

Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Armando Schubach  1 , Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Mônica Bastos de Lima Barros, Bodo Wanke
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Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Armando Schubach et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Dec.

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.

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Map of Brazil and the state of Rio de Janeiro showing municipalities (shaded areas) where human and feline cases of sporotrichosis were diagnosed from 1998 to 2003.
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Figure 2
Number of human and feline cases of sporotrichosis diagnosed at the Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998–2003.
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