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Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2005) 11(12) 1952-1954
DOI: 10.3201/eid1112.040891
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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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Schubach, A., Schubach, T. M. P., De Lima Barros, M. B., & Wanke, B. (2005). Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11(12), 1952–1954. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1112.040891

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