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Leptospirosis

Definition

Leptospirosis is a disease that is caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Leptospirosis is transmitted via direct contact with the body fluid of an acutely infected animal or by exposure to soil or fresh water contaminated with the urine of an animal that is a chronic carrier.

Also indexed as

EIA - [equine infectious anaemia]Encephalitis due to Leptospira speciesFiedler diseaseHaemorrhagic leptospiral jaundiceIcteric leptospirosisLeptospira infection of liverLeptospira interrogans autumnalis infectionLeptospira interrogans canicola infectionLeptospira interrogans hebdomadis infectionLeptospira interrogans infectionLeptospira interrogans pomona infectionLeptospiral epidemic jaundiceLeptospiral meningitisLeptospirosisLeptospirosis due to Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiaeLeptospirosis icterohaemorrhagicaNanukayami diseaseNanukayami feverWeil diseaseaseptic leptospiral meningitisfever due to leptospira autumnalisfort bragg feverleptospirosis canicolaleptospirosis pomonameningitis in leptospirosismud feverpretibial feverseven-day feverswamp fever

Nearby in Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases