Implementation of an Animal Sporotrichosis Surveillance and Control Program, Southeastern Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Mar;27(3):949-952. doi: 10.3201/eid2703.202863.

Abstract

We report the implementation of an animal sporotrichosis surveillance and control program that evaluates strategies to identify suspected and infected cats in a municipality in southeastern Brazil. All adopted measures reinforced the program, although strategies had different abilities to detect the presence of infection.

Keywords: Brazil; Sporothrix sp.; animal surveillance and control program; cats; fungi; public health; sporotrichosis; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • Cat Diseases*
  • Cats
  • Sporothrix*
  • Sporotrichosis*
  • Zoonoses