Leptospirosis cases are on the rise, and after a health advisory was issued last week, New Yorkers are on high alert for the frightening disease that’s carried in rat urine.

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This disease is spread by animal urine. A rare bacterial infection, leptospirosis or rat fever is caused by the urine of infected rats, dogs and farm animals. An alert has been issued for ...

Some of these can be severe, such as leptospirosis, also called Weil’s disease, which can cause kidney and liver damage and even death without treatment. There is also increasing evidence rats ...

This disease is spread by animal urine. An alert has been issued for leptospirosis, or rat fever in Kerala as the rising cases of the disease in the flood hit areas of Kozhikode breeds this rare ...

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused ... is through exposure to the urine of infected animals -mainly rats- or contaminated soil and water. In humans, symptoms can include fever, headache ...

These include Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), Leptospirosis, Rat-Bite Fever, Salmonellosis, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCMV), Plague, Typhus, Tularemia and Rickettsial Infections.