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This deep fungus infection can be found anywhere in the world and is not particularly common in any one area. Its incidence bears no relationship to race or skin color. Men are predominantly infected, the disease generally occurring in the 20- to 50-year age group and more frequently affecting farmers, miners, construction workers, and gardeners. In one well-recorded epidemic, some 3,000 gold-miners in South Africa acquired the disease from infected wooden pitprops. It may be seen not only in humans, but also in a wide number of animals, including rats, cats, dogs, fowl, donkeys, horses, and camels.
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Pettit, J.H.S., Parish, L.C. (1984). Sporotrichosis. In: Manual of Tropical Dermatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8292-8_12
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