Leptospirosis is a spirochete that causes disease in both humans and animals. It is usually spread by contact with water contaminated by the urine of infected animals or by contact with urine droplets from infected animals.
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Leptospirosis

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  • CDC Travelers' Health Information on Leptospirosis
    Includes risk for travelers, cause, prevention, and treatment.
  • CDC - Leptospirosis
    Factsheet with cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
  • eMedicine - Leptospirosis
    Article by Judith Green-McKenzie, MD, MPH.
  • eMedicine - Leptospirosis
    Article by Matthew R Jezior, MD.
  • eMedicine - Leptospirosis
    Article by Patrick W Hickey, MD.
  • Leptospirosis in Humans
    Includes cause, people at risk, symptoms, and complications.
  • MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Leptospirosis
    Features cause, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, prevention, risk factors, and complications.
  • WHO: Water-related Diseases - Leptospirosis
    Factsheet with cause, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention efforts.
  • Medmicro: Leptospira
    Scientific and medical information about the spirochete and the diseases it causes.
  • The Weil's Disease Information Center
    Advice for the caving and medical community on leptospira including symptoms and treatment.
  • MedicineNet: Leptospirosis
    Doctor produced consumer health information on leptospirosis, including symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
  • The Merck Manual: Leptospirosis
    Short factsheet on the disease.

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  • The Leptospirosis Information Center
    URL : www.leptospirosis.org
    Information and advice on leptospirosis for the general public, state agencies ... jaundice, infectious jaundice, mud fever, spirochetal jaundice, swamp fever, ...[2008/12/03]
  • CDC: Leptospirosis
    URL : www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/leptospirosis_g.htm
    Offers general and clinical information about the illness, considered to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world.[2008/12/03]
  • eMedicine - Leptospirosis : Article by Patrick W Hickey
    URL : www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1298.htm
    Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by pathogenic species of the genus Leptospira. ... and related keywords: leptospirosis, Weil's syndrome, Weil ...[2008/11/24]
  • eMedicine - Leptospirosis : Article by Sandra G Gompf
    URL : www.emedicine.com/med/topic1283.htm
    Leptospirosis has recently been recognized as a re-emerging infectious disease ... Leptospirosis is a disease that is caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus ...[2008/11/27]
  • Leptospirosis Causes, Diagnosis, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention on ...
    URL : www.medicinenet.com/leptospirosis/article.htm
    Get information on leptospirosis causes (bacteria), symptoms, diagnosis, ... Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by a particular type of bacteria ...[2008/12/04]
  • Leptospirosis - MedlinePlus
    URL : www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001376.htm
    Provides basic information about the rare, severe, and contagious illness caused by exposure to Leptospira bacteria, including people most at risk of infection.[2008/12/01]
  • Leptospirosis in Humans
    URL : www.vetmed.wisc.edu/pbs/zoonoses/Leptospira/leptohuman.html
    Includes cause, people at risk, symptoms, and complications. ... Leptospirosis in people is known by a variety of names, reflecting the sources ...[2004/12/29]
  • Leptospirosis: Bacterial Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
    URL : www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch190/ch190j.html
    Short factsheet on the disease. ... Although leptospirosis is an occupational ... Leptospirosis causes mild disease in about 90% of infected people, whereas 10 ...[2008/12/01]
  • MD Travel Health
    URL : www.mdtravelhealth.com/index.php?sub=3&infectvar=leptospirosis
    mdtravelhealth.com - complete travel health information, ... Leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is a spirochetal infection transmitted to humans by exposure to ...[2008/11/07]
  • leptospirosis: Definition from Answers.com
    URL : www.answers.com/topic/leptospirosis
    More about Leptospirosis: Causes and symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Prevention Resources Leptospirosis Definition Leptospirosis is a ... G-/Spirochetal ...[2008/11/27]
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