Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that causes illness in humans through contact with infected animal urine and contaminated water. It is not a disease that spreads from person to person; when ...

C orkscrew-shaped Leptospira and the potentially deadly disease they cause are tricky to study. The bacteria live in the kidneys of animals where they may or may not cause symptoms, and they are ...

The bacteria leptospira can enter the body through tiny ... When you have the first phase, you might see sudden symptoms of ...

Leptospirosis begins with symptoms such as a fever and headache, just like the symptoms of an ordinary cold. That similarity means that in a large number of cases the disease goes unnoticed until it ...

Getting to grips with a deadly infectious disease in the Philippines Leptospirosis is a zoonotic infectious disease with a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical regions that causes ...