Leptospirosis — a potentially fatal zoonotic infection long believed to spare Meghalaya’s hill ecology — has now been clinically confirmed in the Northeastern State for the first time, prompting ...

Map of New South Wales showing clustering of canine cases of leptospirosis in Greater Sydney and the South Coast (A), whereas human leptospirosis cases were mainly centered around the North Coast with ...

MANILA, Philippines — Epidemiological evidence indicates that leptospirosis hospital admissions tend to peak about two weeks ...

In a new study, Yale School of Medicine (YSM) researchers unveiled a novel diagnostic method for detecting leptospiral virulence-modifying (VM) proteins in the blood and urine of hamsters, an advance ...

As summer heats up and tourists flock to the California coast, beachgoers should be on the lookout for sea lions sickened by a recent outbreak of leptospirosis—a kidney disease that can result in ...

In a new study, Yale School of Medicine (YSM) researchers unveiled a novel diagnostic method for detecting leptospiral virulence-modifying (VM) proteins in the blood and urine of hamsters, an advance ...

If you have been keeping an eye on the news recently, you will have read about an uptick in human cases of leptospirosis being treated at the hospital. This is certainly newsworthy because it is a ...

Rats in Boston may be spreading a potentially deadly disease, according to a Tufts University study. The disease is called leptospirosis, which is caused by a bacterium called Leptospira. It is ...

Berkeley city health officials issued a public health warning after staff discovered the presence of leptospirosis at a homeless encampment in the city. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that can ...