Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais, Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jun;76:101651. doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2021.101651. Epub 2021 Apr 22.
An epidemiological characterization of animal sporotrichosis was carried out between 2017 and 2018, in a highly urbanized area in Brazil, including outcomes and the spatial distribution of the cases according to the health vulnerability index (HVI) of the study territory. One hundred and sixty-five cats and four dogs suspected of sporotrichosis were identified by a surveillance and control program previously implemented in the study area. One hundred and five of these animals (62.1 %) were considered positive for Sporothrix spp., of which 103 were cats and two were dogs. Cases predominated among male cats (53.4 %), although gender did not present a statistically significant association (p > 0.05) with sporotrichosis cases. Considering the positive cats, 55.4 % were not neutered and free access to the street was reported as a habit for 86.4 % of them. Roaming free in the streets increased the chance of infection by 2.54 times. We observed a high frequency of euthanasia or death (48.8 %) among 86 infected cats available to be included in the follow-up stage of the study, even when they were treated (46.5 %) and a low cure rate (31 %). The disease spread, unrelated to the HVI in the territory. Data produced suggested that avoiding access to the street seems to have greater importance to sporotrichosis control in cats than neutering and reinforces the importance of health education, especially in relation to responsible feline ownership. The free offer of diagnosis and treatment also should be taken into consideration as important measures to control the disease.
2017 年至 2018 年，在巴西一个高度城市化的地区，开展了一项动物孢子丝菌病的流行病学特征描述，包括根据研究区域的健康脆弱性指数（HVI）的结果和病例的空间分布。通过之前在研究区域实施的监测和控制计划，确定了 165 只疑似孢子丝菌病的猫和 4 只狗。这些动物中有 105 只（62.1%）被认为是孢子丝菌属阳性，其中 103 只为猫，2 只为狗。病例主要发生在雄性猫中（53.4%），尽管性别与孢子丝菌病病例之间没有统计学上的显著关联（p>0.05）。考虑到阳性猫，55.4%未绝育，86.4%的猫有自由出入街道的习惯。在街上自由游荡使感染的机会增加了 2.54 倍。我们观察到，在可纳入研究随访阶段的 86 只感染猫中，有 48.8%（86 只）被安乐死或死亡，即使它们接受了治疗（46.5%），治愈率也很低（31%）。疾病的传播与该地区的 HVI 无关。所产生的数据表明，避免进入街道似乎对猫孢子丝菌病的控制比绝育更重要，这加强了健康教育的重要性，特别是与负责任的猫只拥有有关。免费提供诊断和治疗也应被视为控制疾病的重要措施。
