Geographic Expansion of Sporotrichosis, Brazil
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Cat-transmitted Sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2603.190803