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Domestic feline contribution in the transmission of Sporothrix in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: a comparison between infected and non-infected populations

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Title
Domestic feline contribution in the transmission of Sporothrix in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: a comparison between infected and non-infected populations
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BMC Veterinary Research, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12917-018-1340-4
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Pãmella A. Macêdo-Sales, Simone R. L. S. Souto, Carolina A. Destefani, Ricardo P. Lucena, Ricardo Luiz D. Machado, Marcia R. Pinto, Anderson M. Rodrigues, Leila M. Lopes-Bezerra, Elisabeth M. S. Rocha, Andréa Regina S. Baptista

Abstract

Sporotrichosis is a neglected zoonosis caused by pathogenic fungi belonging to the Sporothrix schenckii complex. In Rio de Janeiro state, this disease reached an epidemic status with over 4700 domestic felines and around 4000 humans affected since the mid-90s. The present study evaluated clinical and epidemiological aspects and also the frequency of colonization and infection by these fungi in healthy cats and among those with suspicious cutaneous lesions, inhabiting four Rio de Janeiro state distinct areas. Three hundred and seventy-one cats were included in two groups: 175 healthy cats [CRG] and 196 cats showing lesions suggesting sporotrichosis [SSG]. Mycological diagnosis allowed SSG animals to be divided in positive [104 cats; +SG] and negative [92 cats; -SG] groups. Nails, oral mucosa and lesions swabs were submitted to culture and potential colonies were subculture for micromorphologycal analysis, dimorphism and molecular tests. In the CRG, only one cat was colonized in the oral cavity [0.57%]; in the -SG group, four animals showed colonization of the nail and/or oral cavity [4.3%]; while the highest frequency of colonization [39.4%] was observed in the +SG. All molecularly typed isolates were identified as S. brasiliensis. The results obtained here indicate that healthy cats have a minor role in sporotrichosis transmission within the state of Rio de Janeiro. Conversely, a higher participation of diseased feline in sporotrichosis transmission was evidenced, especially by the colonization of their oral cavity. Sporothrix brasiliensis equally affects and colonizes animals from distinct Rio de Janeiro state areas. Thus, we hypothesize that sporotrichosis is a uniform endemic throughout the state, whose transmission depends mainly on the contact with cats with sporotrichosis. Since Rio de Janeiro displays a world unique epidemic model of the disease, not fully understood, data on the infected and non-infected animals can be of major importance for future strategies of sporotrichosis prevention and control. Finally, considering the importance of the current concept of "one health", the experience here observed can be helpful for distinct epizootias and/or zoonosis.

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Unknown 125 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 26 21%
Student > Bachelor 20 16%
Student > Postgraduate 12 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Researcher 7 6%
Other 16 13%
Unknown 37 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 24 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 11 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 6%
Other 20 16%
Unknown 41 33%
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