Outbreak of Sporotrichosis, Western Australia

Kynan Feeney, Ian Arthur, Amanda Whittle, Shelley A. Altman, David Speers

Emerging infectious diseases · 2007 · 53 citations · 6 references

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A cluster of sporotrichosis cases occurred in the Busselton-Margaret River region of Western Australia from 2000 to 2003. Epidemiologic investigation and mycologic culture for Sporothrix schenckii implicated hay initially distributed through a commercial hay supplier as the source of the out-break. Declining infection rates have occurred after various community measures were instigated.

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