Cat disease that causes skin-blisters in humans discovered in Britain for first time

The three victims have all made a full recovery since receiving medical treatment.

Sporotrichosis has been dubbed rose handler’s disease and affects the skin, lungs, bone and joints, but it can also be widespread.

But in most cases, only the skin or tissues underneath the skin are affected.

While the recent UK cases were the first to have ever been recorded in Britain, cat-to-human transmission diseases like this one have been circulating in Brazil for decades.

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1742018/cat-disease-uk-brazil-fungal-infection-sporotrichosis-brasiliensis