Article
Epizootic and epidemic dermatophytose outbreaks caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes from rabbits in Portugal, 2015.
Mycoses - 1 Oct 2016
Mesquita João R, Vasconcelos-Nóbrega Carmen, Oliveira Jorge, Coelho Catarina, Vala Helena, Fratti Marina, Arabatzis Michael, Velegraki Aristea, Michel Monod
Abstract excerpt
We report an outbreak of dermatophytoses in rabbits, which was the origin of a dermatophytose epidemic in an agricultural school in central Portugal, affecting 15 people. Both the phenotypic characteristics and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence of the dermatophytes isolated from the rabbits and patients were identical, suggesting that a single strain was responsible for both the epizootic and epidemic...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
