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==Primary prevention==
==Primary prevention==


The majority of sporotrichosis cases occur when the fungus is introduced through a cut or puncture in the skin while handling vegetation containing the fungal spores.  Prevention of this disease includes wearing long sleeves and gloves while working with soil, hay bales, rose bushes, pine seedlings, and sphagnum moss.
*The majority of sporotrichosis cases occur when the fungus is introduced through a cut or puncture in the skin while handling vegetation containing the fungal spores.   
*Prevention of this disease includes wearing long sleeves and gloves while working with soil, hay bales, rose bushes, pine seedlings, and sphagnum moss.<ref name="pmid21976602">{{cite journal| author=Barros MB, de Almeida Paes R, Schubach AO| title=Sporothrix schenckii and Sporotrichosis. | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2011 | volume= 24 | issue= 4 | pages= 633-54 | pmid=21976602 | doi=10.1128/CMR.00007-11 | pmc=PMC3194828 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21976602  }} </ref>
*Wear heavy boots to prevent puncture wounds
*Avoid contact with infected animals in order to prevent zoonotic transmission.


==References==
==References==
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Primary prevention

  • The majority of sporotrichosis cases occur when the fungus is introduced through a cut or puncture in the skin while handling vegetation containing the fungal spores.
  • Prevention of this disease includes wearing long sleeves and gloves while working with soil, hay bales, rose bushes, pine seedlings, and sphagnum moss.[1]
  • Wear heavy boots to prevent puncture wounds
  • Avoid contact with infected animals in order to prevent zoonotic transmission.

References

  1. Barros MB, de Almeida Paes R, Schubach AO (2011). "Sporothrix schenckii and Sporotrichosis". Clin Microbiol Rev. 24 (4): 633–54. doi:10.1128/CMR.00007-11. PMC 3194828. PMID 21976602.