Sporotrichosis: an emergent zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro
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Sporotrichosis: an emergent zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro.
During the period from 1987 to 1998, 13 cases of human sporotrichosis were recorded at the Research Center Evandro Chagas Hospital (CPqHEC) in Rio de Janeiro. Two of these patients related scratch by a sick cat. During the subsequent period from July 1998 to July 2000, 66 human, 117 cats and 7 dogs with sporotrichosis were diagnosed at the CPqHEC. Fifty-two humans (78.8%) reported contact with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000600006