| Literature DB >> 11562701 |
M B de Lima Barros1, T M Schubach, M C Galhardo, A de Oliviera Schubach, P C Monteiro, R S Reis, R M Zancopé-Oliveira, M dos Santos Lazéra, T Cuzzi-Maya, T C Blanco, K B Marzochi, B Wanke, A C do Valle.
Abstract
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 cats with sporotrichosis, and 31 (47%) of them reporting a history of a scratch or bite. This epidemic, unprecedented in the literature, involving cats, dogs and human beings may have started insidiously before 1998.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11562701 DOI： 10.1590/s0074-02762001000600006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz ISSN： 0074-0276 Impact factor: 2.743