Some epidemiological aspects of zoophilic dermatophytosis
Chatterjee, A.; Chattopadhyay, D.; Bhattacharya, D.; Dutta, A.K.; Sen Gupta, D.N.
International Journal of Zoonoses 7(1): 19-33
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0377-0168 PMID: 7461915 Document Number: 154558
Dermatophytes isolated from urban and rural populations in West Bengal, India included 20.69% Trichophyton verrucosum, 17.93% granular T. mentagrophytes and 2.07% Microsporum nanum (all zoophilic), as well as the geophilic M. gypseum (2.76%) and the following anthropophilic spp.; 51.72% T. rubrum, 2.07% downy T. mentagrophytes, 1.38% T. tonsurans and 1.38% Epidermophyton floccosum. Zoophilic spp. accounted for 13.46% of the distribution in the urban areas, compared with 55.91% in the rural area. Dermatophyte isolation rates were higher in groups who had contact with animals, both in urban and rural areas. Zoophilic dermatophytes were totally absent in the non-contact group.