Ninety-six leptospirosis patients and 300 controls are included in the study. Although the results are still being analysed, so far they show that patients who had leptospirosis were twice as likely ...

There are two types of leptospirosis - icteric leptospira (the patient has jaundice) and anicteric leptospira (a milder form ...

The first four deaths from the waterborne bacterial disease, leptospirosis, have been reported in the southern Brazil state of Rio Grande do Sul, where floodwaters following days of unprecedented ...

MANILA, Philippines — Leptospirosis patients are increasing with 255 fresh cases recorded from July 21 to August 3, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. The agency said the number of new ...

Hantavirus is considered to be the differential diagnosis of leptospirosis,” T.S. Anish, a public health expert, says. In 2014 itself, the possibility that the increasing number of patients ...

Dr. Halweg survived multi-system organ failure because of a Leptospirosis infection from ... and now wants to share his story with others. Patients enjoy his warm personality and competent ...

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 ...