Letícia Schiavo, Matheus Lopes Ribeiro, Meila Bastos de Almeida, Graziela Ribeiro da Cunha, Giselle Almeida Nocera Espírito Santo, Vivien Midori Morikawa, Acácia Ferreira Vicente, Claire Ponsart, Carlos Eduardo de Santi, Louise Bach Kmetiuk, Jane Megid, Alexander Welker Biondo
Animal hoarding disorder (AHD) is classified as a psychiatric obsessive-compulsive condition characterized by animal accumulation and often accompanied by unsanitary conditions and animal cruelty. Although AHD may increase pathogen transmission and spread, particularly for zoonotic diseases, human and dog exposure in such cases has yet to be fully established. Accordingly, this study aimed to assess Brucella canis in 19 individuals with AHD (11 households) and their 264 dogs (21 households) in Curitiba, the eighth largest city in Brazil, with approximately 1...
March 2024: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases