Epidemic cat-transmitted sporotrichosis [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1185-1186

  Schubach, Armando O ^a   Schubach, Tânia M P ^a   Barros, Mônica B L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOSIS; NOSE CAVITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SPOROTRICHOSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BITES AND STINGS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASE; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; SPOROTHRIX;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 24944500477     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc051680     Document Type: Letter

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