Epizootic and epidemic dermatophytose outbreaks caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes from rabbits in Portugal, 2015.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_103219F08525
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Epizootic and epidemic dermatophytose outbreaks caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes from rabbits in Portugal, 2015.
Journal
Mycoses
Author(s)
Mesquita J.R., Vasconcelos-Nóbrega C., Oliveira J., Coelho C., Vala H., Fratti M., Arabatzis M., Velegraki A., Michel M.
ISSN
1439-0507 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0933-7407
Publication state
Published
Issued date
10/2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
59
Number
10
Pages
668-673
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
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.

Keywords
Animals, DNA, Fungal, DNA, Ribosomal Spacer, Disease Outbreaks, Epidemics, Europe, Genotype, Greece/epidemiology, Humans, Italy/epidemiology, Portugal, Rabbits/microbiology, Tinea/epidemiology, Tinea/microbiology, Tinea/transmission, Trichophyton/genetics, Trichophyton/growth & development, Trichophyton/isolation & purification, Trichophyton/ultrastructure, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, dermatophytoses, epidemiology, outbreak
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Web of science
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20/08/2019 12:37
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