title: Sporotrichosis: an emergent zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro.
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.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Dermatologia Infecciosa, Centro de Pesquisa Hospital Evandro Chagas-Fiocruz, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil..
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: de Lima Barros
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Schubach
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Galhardo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Oliviera Schubach
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Zancopé-Oliveira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: dos Santos Lazéra
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cuzzi-Maya
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Marzochi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wanke
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: do Valle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D002648:Child; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*