Epizootic and epidemic dermatophytose outbreaks caused byTrichophyton mentagrophytesfrom rabbits in Portugal, 2015
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09/12/2016
09/12/2016
2016
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| Resumo |
We report an outbreak of dermatophytoses in rabbits, which was the origin of a dermatophytose epidemic in an agricultural school in central Portugal, affecting 15 people. Both the phenotypic characteristics and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence of the dermatophytes isolated from the rabbits and patients were identical, suggesting that a single strain was responsible for both the epizootic and epidemic dermatophytoses and confirming that these two outbreaks were linked. The ITS sequences were also 100% identical to the ITS sequence of five strains isolated from rabbits in Greece and Italy, but different from that of Trichophyton mentagrophytes commonly isolated from dogs and cats. These results suggest that a particular T. mentagrophytes genotype could be prevalent in rabbits in southern Europe. |
| Identificador |
Mesquita, J.R,, Vasconcelos-Nóbrega C., Oliveira, J., Coelho, C., Vala, H., Fratti, M., ... Michel, M. (2016). Epizootic and epidemic dermatophytose outbreaks caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes from rabbits in Portugal, 2015. "Mycoses", 59(10), 668-67.3. Doi:10.1111/myc.12513 1439-0507 http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/3518 10.1111/myc.12513 |
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eng |
| Relação |
This work is financed by national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P., under the project UID/Multi/04016/2016. Furthermore we would like to thank the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu and CI&DETS for their support. This work is supported by European Investment Funds by FEDER/COMPETE/POCI– Operacional Competitiveness and Internacionalization Programme, under Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006958 and National Funds by FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project UID/AGR/04033/2013. Furthermore we would like to thank to UTAD and CITABS for their support. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/myc.12513/pdf |
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restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Palavras-Chave | #Trichophyton mentagrophytes #dermatophytoses #outbreak #epidemiology |
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article |
