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Volume 29, Number 7—July 2023
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Rising Incidence of Sporothrix brasiliensis Infections, Curitiba, Brazil, 2011–2022

Regielly C.R. Cognialli, Diego H. Cáceres, Fernanda de A.G.D. Bastos, Francelise B. Cavassin, Bruno P.R. Lustosa, Vânia A. Vicente, Giovanni L. Breda, Izabella Santos-Weiss, and Flávio Queiroz-TellesComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Federal University of Paraná Program in Internal Medicine and Health Science, Curitiba, Brazil (R.C.R. Cognialli, F. de A.G.D. Bastos); Federal University of Paraná Hospital de Clínicas, Curitiba (R.C.R. Cognialli, G.L. Breda); Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (D.H. Cáceres); Universidad del Rosario Studies in Translational Microbiology and Faculty of Medical Sciences, Emerging Diseases Research Group, Bogota, Colombia (D.H. Cáceres); Faculdades Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba (F.B. Cavassin); Federal University of Paraná Basic Pathology Department, Curitiba (B.P.R. Lustosa, V.A. Vicente); Federal University of Paraná Department of Clinical Analysis, Curitiba (I. Santos-Weiss); Federal University of Paraná Department of Public Health, Curitiba (F Queiroz-Telles)

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Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics in study of human sporotrichosis cases in Curitiba, Brazil, 2011–2022

Characteristic No. (%) patients
Sex
F 140 (65)
M
 76 (35)
Age range, y
≤10 17 (8)
11–17 12 (6)
18–30 45 (21)
31–60 109 (50)
>60
 33 (15)
Occupation
Unemployed 42 (19)
Student 42 (19)
Retired 23 (11)
Domestic worker 17 (8)
Veterinarian or veterinary student 17 (8)
Administrator 11 (5)
Teacher 3 (1)
Pet sitter 3 (1)
Gardener 2 (1)
Butcher 2 (1)
Others 54 (26)

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