LEPTOSPIROSIS

lĕpˌtəspīrōˈsĭs, febrile disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospirae. The disease occurs in dogs, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and horses and is transmissible to humans. It is most common where the climate is warm and humid, soils are alkaline, and there is abundant surface water. The source of infection in farm animals is usually through pastures, drinking water, or feed, when contaminated by infected urine, and is often a work-related risk for farmers, sewer, or abattoir workers. Infection may also occur as a result of contact with infected uterine discharges and aborted fetuses. In cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats, the disease is characterized by fever, depression, anemia, and abortion. Horses develop an ocular infection. In dogs the disease causes a severe kidney infection. Control of leptospirosis depends on the elimination of carrier animals, appropriate hygienic measures, and vaccination of susceptible animals.

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books on: Leptospirosis  - 50 results

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The Story of Rats: Their Impact on Us, and Our Impact on Them
Book by S. Anthony Barnett; Allen & Unwin, 2001
Subjects: Human-Animal Relationships, Rats, Rats--Behavior, Rats--Psychology
...from rodents. MUD FEVER One is leptospirosis or Weil's disease. If the reader goes...that diagnosis becomes more probable. Leptospirosis is especially recorded among farmers...rodent-borne diseases. The organism of leptospirosis is a spirochaet, which is a rather...
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Science and Scientists in the Netherlands Indies
Book by Pieter Honig; Board For The Netherlands Indies, 1945
Subjects: Indonesia--Learned Institutions And Societies, Science--Indonesia--History, Scientists--Netherlands
...Cholera 314 Plague 315 Mite Fever 317 Leptospirosis 317 Filariasis 318 Miscellaneous Salmonel lae...
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The Hernando de Soto Expedition: History, Historiography, and "Discovery" in the Southeast
Book by Patricia Galloway; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects: Soto, Hernando De--Ca. 1500-1542, Southern States--Discovery And Exploration--Spanish--Historiography
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The Care and Breeding of Laboratory Animals
Book by Edmond J. Farris; John Wiley & Sons, 1950
Subjects: Laboratory Animals
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Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice
Book by A. Alonso Aguirre, Richard S. Ostfeld, Gary M. Tabor, Carol House, Mary C. Pearl; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Ecology, Environmental Health
...of rodents opportunistic species involved in the transmission of Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, hantaviruses, arenaviruses, leptospirosis, and human plague. Freshwater fish, reptiles, birds, and bats help limit the abundance of mosquitoes that can carry malaria...
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journal articles on: Leptospirosis  - 20 results

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Rodent Control in Urban Areas: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Journal article by A. Soula Lambropoulos, Joshua B. Fine, Amy Perbeck, Donald Torres, Gregory E. Glass, Patrick Mchugh, Elias A. Dorsey; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 61, 1999
Subjects: Rodent populations--Control, Rodents--Control
...to public health (2). For example, leptospirosis, a "re-emerging" bacterial disease...Recently, several cases of severe leptospirosis were identified in inner-city Baltimore...Factors Associated with Antibodies to Leptospirosis in Inner-City Residents of Baltimore...
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The Potential Health Impacts of Climate Variability and Change for the United States: Executive Summary of the Report of the Health Sector of the U.S. National Assessment
Journal article by Jonathan A. Patz, Michael A. Mcgeehin, Susan M. Bernard, Kristie L. Ebi, Paul R. Epstein, Anne Grambsch, Duane J. Gubler, Paul Reiter, Isabelle Romieu, Joan B. Rose, Jonathan M. Samet, Juli Trtanj; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 108, 2000
...been associated with rodentborne leptospirosis, as occurred in the 1995 epidemic...Brazil, a large epidemic of leptospirosis peaked two weeks after severe flooding in 1996 (105). Although leptospirosis cases are rare in the United...
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Concentrated Swine Feeding Operations and Public Health: A Review of Occupational and Community Health Effects
Journal article by Dana Cole, Lori Todd, Steve Wing; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 108, 2000
...to 46% (135,137). Human studies of leptospirosis include an epidemiologic study in the...are considered at the highest risk of leptospirosis (140). E. rhusiopathiae. Disease...CAFOs. Although outbreaks of E. coli, Leptospirosis, and cryptosporidiosis have been traced...
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Purdue Project Could Help Pets Serve as Disease Watchdogs
Journal article; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Animals--Health aspects, Animals--Research, Purdue University--Research
...tests from 2002-2004 for a disease called canine leptospirosis. Leptospirosis can be transmitted from dogs to humans. The...liver. Most animals and humans recover from leptospirosis if it is diagnosed early and treated with antibiotics...
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The Potential Health Impacts of Climate Variability and Change for the United States
Journal article by Jonathan A. Patz, Michael A. Mcgeehin, Susan M. Bernard, Kristie L. Ebi, Paul R. Epstein, Anne Grambsch, Duane J. Gubler, Paul Reiter, Isabelle Romieu, Joan B. Rose, Jonathan M. Samet, Juli Trtanj; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 64, 2001
Subjects: Climatic changes--Environmental aspects, Environmental health--Analysis, Environmental impact analysis--Evaluation, Public health--Environmental aspects
...been associated with rodentborne leptospirosis, as occurred in the 1995 epidemic...Brazil, a large epidemic of leptospirosis peaked two weeks after severe flooding in 1996 (105). Although leptospirosis cases are rare in the United...
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magazine articles on: Leptospirosis  - 12 results

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Weil's Disease: Medical Advice from Jason Gibbs, Head Pharmacist at Nomad Travel Stores and Health Clinics
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 79, February 2007
Subjects: Leptospirosis--Care and treatment, Leptospirosis--Causes of, Leptospirosis--Risk factors
...Travel Stores and Health Clinics. Officially known as leptospirosis, Weils disease has several colloquial names, including swamp...symptoms and the many ways in which the disease can be caught. Leptospirosis is caused by a bacterium that lives in fresh water, and...
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Pets May Serve as Disease Watchdogs
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 134, June 2006
Subjects: Epidemics--Causes of, Epidemics--United States, Pets--Health aspects, Vaccines--Distribution
...positive tests from 2002-04 for a disease called canine leptospirosis, which can be transmitted from dogs to humans. The disease...can damage the liver. Most animals and humans recover from leptospirosis if it is diagnosed early and treated with antibiotics. The...
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Ocean Rescue: Can We Head off a Marine Cataclysm?
Magazine article by Roddy Scheer; E, Vol. 16, July 2005
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Political activity, Marine pollution--Environmental aspects, Marine resources conservation--Forecasts and trends, Natural resource policy--Interpretation and construction, Oceans Act of 2000, United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Laws, regulations and rules, Walker, David--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...exactly killed the wayward sea otter. It might have been a predator, but I didnt see any visible wounds. Maybe it succumbed to leptospirosis or one of any dozen other bacterial outbreaks slowly making their way up the coast from Californias marine mammal populations...
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1491: Before It Became the New World, the Western Hemisphere Was Vastly More Populous and Sophisticated Than Has Been Thought-An Altogether More Salubrious Place to Live at the Time Than, Say, Europe. New Evidence of Both the Extent of the Population and Its Agricultural Advancement Leads to a Remarkable Conjecture: The Amazon Rain Forest May Be Largely a Human Artifact
Magazine article by Charles C. Mann; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, March 2002
Subjects: America--History, American history, Brazil--Natural resources, Rain forests--Environmental aspects
...what scientists call zoonotic disease was little known in the Americas. Swine alone can disseminate anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, taeniasis, trichinosis, and tuberculosis. Pigs breed exuberantly and can transmit diseases to deer and turkeys. Only a...
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1491: Before It Became the New World, the Western Hemisphere Was Vastly More Populous and Sophisticated Than Has Been Thought ... the Amazon Rain Forest May Be Largely a Human Artifact
Magazine article by Charles C. Mann; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, March 2002
Subjects: Amazon River Region, Balee, William, Erickson, Clark, Native South Americans--History, Rain forests
...what scientists call zoonotic disease was little known in the Americas. Swine alone can disseminate anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, taeniasis, trichinosis, and tuberculosis. Pigs breed exuberantly and can transmit diseases to deer and turkeys. Only a...
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newspaper articles on: Leptospirosis  - 91 results

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Leptospirosis
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 6, 2009
Subjects: Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals. It is...some infected persons may have no symptoms at all. Symptoms of leptospirosis include high fever, severe headache, chills, muscle aches, and...
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Leptospirosis Deaths Hit 89
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 16, 2009
Subjects: Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis Deaths Hit 89. The number of reported leptospirosis cases in Metro Manila and other areas in Luzon that...of Thursday, the Department of Health said Friday.Leptospirosis outbreaks were declared in barangays Malanday, Tumana...
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First Death from Leptospirosis Reported
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 14, 2009
Subjects: Leptospirosis
First Death from Leptospirosis Reported. A 58-year-old man...what appears to be an outbreak of leptospirosis in Montalban, Rizal, the provincial...patients who have shown symptoms of leptospirosis.In her report to Rizal Gov. Jun...
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Leptospirosis Claims 148 Lives
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 23, 2009
Subjects: Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis Claims 148 Lives. Leptospirosis cases have climbed to 1,963 and 148 deaths, representing...Francisco T. Duque III explained that the daily average of leptospirosis began topeak last Oct. 13. From 361 on Oct. 13, the cases...
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Leptospirosis Cases Rise to 1,336; 93 Deaths Reported
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 17, 2009
Subjects: Leptospirosis--Prevention, Leptospirosis--Statistics
Leptospirosis Cases Rise to 1,336; 93 Deaths Reported. The death toll from leptospirosis climbed to 93 after four more deaths were reported...said in an interview. ldquo;If the NEC projection of (leptospirosis) attack rate of 10 to 25 percent is right, we can...
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encyclopedia articles on: Leptospirosis  - 4 results

 
 
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Leptospirosis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEPTOSPIROSIS lep t spiro sis, febrile disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospirae. The disease occurs in dogs, cattle...and abortion. Horses develop an ocular infection. In dogs the disease causes a severe kidney infection. Control of leptospirosis depends on the elimination of carrier animals, appropriate hygienic measures, and vaccination of susceptible animals...
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Swamp Fever
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SWAMP FEVER see leptospirosis . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Meningitis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in other parts of the body, such as the ear or sinuses. Other bacterial causes of meningitis include tuberculosis , leptospirosis , and Lyme disease . Bacterial meningitis calls for emergency medical care and the administration of antibiotics. Close...
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Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...be protected against serious diseases for which vaccines are available; these include distemper , canine hepatitis, leptospirosis , and rabies . Early Dogs The dog is descended from the wolf. True wolves appeared in Europe about one million years...


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