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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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367617 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1112.040891 | DOI Listing |
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