Outbreak of sporotrichosis, Western Australia.
A cluster of sporotrichosis cases occurred in the Busselton-Margaret River region of Western Australia from 2000 to 2003. Epidemiologic investigation and mycologic culture for Sporothrix schenckii implicated hay initially distributed through a commercial hay supplier as the source of the out-break. Declining infection rates have occurred after various community measures were instigated.
Feeney
Kynan T
KT
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Arthur
Ian H
IH
Whittle
Amanda J
AJ
Altman
Shelley A
SA
Speers
David J
DJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014908:Triticum / Q000382:microbiology; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology