According to a study published (source in French) by a team of epidemiologists from the Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL) in the US journal Emerging Infectious Diseases in early June, dermatophilosis may have been transmitted from human to human through sexual contact. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Also known as “mud fever”, this bacterial zoonosis, rare in humans, had until now only been observed in farmers or riders in contact with infected horses or cattle. Around forty cases in France and Spain,