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Feline sporotrichosis: associations between clinical-epidemiological profiles and phenotypic-genotypic characteristics of the etiological agents in the Rio de Janeiro epizootic area.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Mar 2018
Boechat Jéssica Sepulveda, Oliveira Manoel Marques Evangelista, Almeida-Paes Rodrigo, Gremião Isabella Dib Ferreira, Machado Ana Caroline de Sá, Oliveira Raquel de Vasconcelos Carvalhaes, Figueiredo Anna Barreto Fernandes, Rabello Vanessa Brito de Souza, Silva Karoline Benevides de Lima, Zancopé-Oliveira Rosely Maria, Schubach Tânia Maria Pacheco, Pereira Sandro Antonio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sporotrichosis is caused by species of the genus Sporothrix. From 1998 to 2015, 4,703 cats were diagnosed at the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Even after the description of the Sporothrix species, the characterisation of feline isolates is not performed routinely. OBJECTIVES: To characterise the clinical isolates from cats at the species level and correlate them with the...
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