Leptospirosis

In this article, we delve into leptospirosis transmission, symptoms, and why it remains a hidden health risk in India.

Leptospirosis is an extremely rare bacterial disease that spreads to humans via the urine of infected animals like dogs, and rats, said an expert on Saturday, after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was diagnosed with the condition.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was on Saturday diagnosed with bacterial infection leptospirosis, with doctors saying he is being given antibiotics and his vitals are "completely stable".

Humans can become infected with Leptospira when they come into contact with water, soil, or food contaminated with the urine of infected animals. Here's how you can prevent it.

Flood-hit Kerala is now facing the aftermath of the natural disaster. It is currently hit with leptospirosis or rat fever, which is a bacterial infection which spreads through the urine of infected animals.

In the aftermath of the floods in Kerala, a waterborne disease known leptospirosis or 'rat fever' has killed 12 people since August. Leptospirosis is transmitted in water containing infected urine from rodents and other animals. Rat fever rarely spreads from person to person and can be treated with common antibiotics. Kerala sees leptospirosis case...

Twelve people have died in Kerala since August, six of them in the last three days, due to the waterborne disease leptospirosis, locally known as 'rat fever'. The disease is not new to the state. Between January and July, Leptospirosis claimed 28 lives. But a spurt in the cases has been observed since the worst floods in a century hit the state on ...

Outbreak of water borne diseases in Kerala have claimed seven lives since August 29, prompting the state government to issue an alert to the people to maintain extra vigil.

A woman on Sunday died of leptospirosis (rat fever) in the flood-battered Kerala, taking the death toll due to the disease to 15. Health Minister K.K. Shailaja has assured that there was no need to panic.

Leptospirosis is a common infection during monsoon. It primarily occurs because of exposure todirty environment and unhygienic surroundings. Urine of infected animals like dogs, wild rats, rodents can also cause Leptospirosis.

Leptospirosis is a water-borne bacterial disease that has possibly causes the death of 3 in Mumbai. Were you aware of these causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment techniques for leptospirosis?

Flood water causes two main types of diseases namely food and water-borne diseases such as cholera, dysentery and leptospirosis, and insect-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever. Watch out for the symptoms.

According to the medical reports, raging viral fever in the state has claimed around 243 deaths in the past one and a half month.

Five persons have died of the H1N1 influenza virus and two succumbed to leptospirosis in the last two weeks, the city civic body has said.

Mumbai: Mumbai has witnessed more deaths due to leptospirosis-related complications that to dengue in September. While two people died of dengue last month, deaths due to leptospirosis were more than three times. Leptospirosis is an infection that gets transmitted to humans when open wounds or broken skin comes in contact with water infected by ani...

In this article, we delve into leptospirosis transmission, symptoms, and why it remains a hidden health risk in India.

Leptospirosis is an extremely rare bacterial disease that spreads to humans via the urine of infected animals like dogs, and rats, said an expert on Saturday, after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was diagnosed with the condition.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was on Saturday diagnosed with bacterial infection leptospirosis, with doctors saying he is being given antibiotics and his vitals are "completely stable".

Humans can become infected with Leptospira when they come into contact with water, soil, or food contaminated with the urine of infected animals. Here's how you can prevent it.

Flood-hit Kerala is now facing the aftermath of the natural disaster. It is currently hit with leptospirosis or rat fever, which is a bacterial infection which spreads through the urine of infected animals.

In the aftermath of the floods in Kerala, a waterborne disease known leptospirosis or 'rat fever' has killed 12 people since August. Leptospirosis is transmitted in water containing infected urine from rodents and other animals. Rat fever rarely spreads from person to person and can be treated with common antibiotics. Kerala sees leptospirosis case...

Twelve people have died in Kerala since August, six of them in the last three days, due to the waterborne disease leptospirosis, locally known as 'rat fever'. The disease is not new to the state. Between January and July, Leptospirosis claimed 28 lives. But a spurt in the cases has been observed since the worst floods in a century hit the state on ...

Outbreak of water borne diseases in Kerala have claimed seven lives since August 29, prompting the state government to issue an alert to the people to maintain extra vigil.

A woman on Sunday died of leptospirosis (rat fever) in the flood-battered Kerala, taking the death toll due to the disease to 15. Health Minister K.K. Shailaja has assured that there was no need to panic.

Leptospirosis is a common infection during monsoon. It primarily occurs because of exposure todirty environment and unhygienic surroundings. Urine of infected animals like dogs, wild rats, rodents can also cause Leptospirosis.

Leptospirosis is a water-borne bacterial disease that has possibly causes the death of 3 in Mumbai. Were you aware of these causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment techniques for leptospirosis?

Flood water causes two main types of diseases namely food and water-borne diseases such as cholera, dysentery and leptospirosis, and insect-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever. Watch out for the symptoms.

According to the medical reports, raging viral fever in the state has claimed around 243 deaths in the past one and a half month.

Five persons have died of the H1N1 influenza virus and two succumbed to leptospirosis in the last two weeks, the city civic body has said.

Mumbai: Mumbai has witnessed more deaths due to leptospirosis-related complications that to dengue in September. While two people died of dengue last month, deaths due to leptospirosis were more than three times. Leptospirosis is an infection that gets transmitted to humans when open wounds or broken skin comes in contact with water infected by ani...