Emerging human cases of sporotrichosis associated with feline outbreaks of <i>Sporothrix brasiliensis</i> in the Argentine Triple Frontier Region.

ABSTRACT: Sporotrichosis, caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis, is an emerging zoonotic mycosis that poses increasing risks in Latin America, particularly in underserved urban areas, with intensified human-animal-environmental interactions. Recently, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, a biodiversity hotspot in the Triple Frontier (Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay), reported outbreaks suggestive of sustained feline sporotrichosis transmission. This prospective, observational study used passive surveillance, set in a One Health framework, to characterize the epidemiological features of feline sporotrichosis and associated zoonotic transmission to humans in Puerto Iguazú over a 21 month period, between August 2023 and April 2025. Domestic cats [cat(s); Felis catus], with suspected or confirm

SUBMITTER: Vizcaychipi KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12688693 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature