Leptospirosis, commonly called lepto, is a contagious bacterial infection that spreads through a mammal's bloodstream.It can affect both humans and animals and can be spread from animals to people ...

Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection caused by the Leptospira species, primarily transmitted to humans through contact with water, soil, or food contaminated by the urine of infected animals ...

Two studies by scientists from Brazilian research centers have found for the first time the bacterium Leptospira sp. in dolphins and sea lions off the coast of the country. Leptospirosis has ...

A scanning electron micrograph of Leptospira sp. Bacteria. Credit: Centers for Disease Control An international team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California, San Diego ...

Rats. New York City (NYC) has had more cases of leptospirosis in 2021 than in any other prior year. And 2020 still has a little over two months to go. That’s according to a recent NYC Department ...

Leptospirosis is a globally distributed infectious disease that affects both animals and humans. While the infection is endemic in tropical regions, its incidence seems to increase in temperate ...

Revisiting the taxonomy and evolution of pathogenicity of the genus Leptospira through the prism of genomics. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases , 2019; 13 (5): e0007270 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease that significantly impacts animals and human health worldwide. China has diverse climate ...

Case Report. Leptospirosis is an important ubiquitous zoonosis, most common in humid subtropical and tropical regions, caused by pathogenic strains of Leptospira interrogans.Leptospirosis is ...

Leptospirosis has emerged as an important infectious disease in the world today. It is a potentially fatal zoonotic bacterial disease that tends to have large outbreaks after heavy rainfall or ...

AN outbreak of an epidemic of leptospirosis began in Israel in the middle of 1949 and is still continuing. From June 1949 until April 1950, more than a thousand cases were observed in a narrowly ...