Cat-transmitted Sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Open Access
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 11 (12), 1952-1954
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1112.040891
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.Keywords
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