Lyon. A New Sexually Transmitted Infection Detected in Lyon?
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Dozens of cases of dermatophilosis, or "slurry," have been recorded in several countries, particularly in France. While patients infected with this animal disease have had no contact with animals, healthcare professionals suggest possible transmission during sexual intercourse.
HCL doctors described the first human-to-human transmission of dermatophilosis, a benign skin infection whose transmission so far occurred during contact with animals. Between December and February, they identified and analysed nine cases in men who had sex with men, seven of whom had attended a Lyon sauna. To date, some 40 cases have been recorded in France.
HCL doctors described the first human-to-human transmission of dermatophilosis, a benign skin infection whose transmission so far occurred during contact with animals. Between December and February, they identified and analysed nine cases in men who had sex with men, seven of whom had attended a Lyon sauna. To date, some 40 cases have been recorded in France.
A skin disease previously considered to be essentially animal is the subject of an unprecedented discovery in France, where doctors identify for the first time transmissions between humans. Forty cases are recorded, most of them in Lyon. Researchers are exploring a new route of contamination.
A bacterial disease usually transmitted by animals has been detected in about 40 men in Lyon and Paris. Dermatophilosis, known as "mud scab", seems to be transmitted from person to person through sexual contact — a first documented for this zoonosis. The epidemiological investigation points to a localized outbreak in [...]
A bacterium responsible for an essentially animal skin disease has been identified for the first time in human-to-human transmissions by French practitioners, who see it as a new illustration of the interdependence between human, animal and environmental health. Some 40 cases were identified on June 1st in France, including some 30 to [...] Read more In Lyon, doctors discover the first cases of human transmission of an animal skin disease appear…
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