Sporotrichosis:: an emergent zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro

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作者
Barros, MBD
Schubach, TMP
Galhardo, MCG
Schubach, AD
Monteiro, PCF
Reis, RS
Zancopé-Oliveira, RM
Lazéra, MD
Cuzzi-Maya, T
Blanco, TCM
Marzochi, KBF
Wanke, B
do Valle, ACF
机构
[1] Fiocruz MS, Serv Dermatol Infecc, Evanston Hosp, Ctr Pesquisa, BR-21045900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[2] Fiocruz MS, Serv Zoonoses, Evanston Hosp, Ctr Pesquisa, BR-21045900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[3] Fiocruz MS, Serv Micol, Evanston Hosp, Ctr Pesquisa, BR-21045900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[4] Fiocruz MS, Serv Anat Patol, Evanston Hosp, Ctr Pesquisa, BR-21045900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
来源
MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ | 2001年 / 96卷 / 06期
关键词
Sporothrix schenckii; sporotrichosis; emergent zoonosis; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil;
D O I
10.1590/S0074-02762001000600006
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
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.
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