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Cat-transmitted Sporotrichosis: A Clonal Household Outbreak with Atypical Human and Canine Disease Due to Sporothrix brasiliensis.
Mycopathologia - 12 May 2026
Berber-Freitas Bruno Balduino, Batista Lara Rocha, Prudente Bruno Siqueira, Silva Leonardo Eurípedes Andrade E, Argenton-Perrella Simone Regina, Coimbra Érica Rivera, de Souza Ana Beatriz Oliveira, Araújo Larissa Sousa, Fuga Marilia Prior, Rocha Ivonete Helena, de Carvalho Jamile Ambrósio, Rodrigues Anderson Messias, Vergara Mario León Silva
Abstract excerpt
The epidemiology of sporotrichosis, a neglected mycosis caused by Sporothrix species, has shifted in South America from classic sapronosis to urban zoonosis driven by feline transmission of the hypervirulent Sporothrix brasiliensis. However, the fine-scale transmission dynamics of this epidemic, particularly within households, remain poorly understood. Here, we dissect an intrafamilial outbreak in Brazil...
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