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Leptospirosis
Leptospirose
CategoryDefinition
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.
Index Terms
Leptospirosisleptospirosis canicolafever due to leptospira autumnalisFort Bragg fevergikiyamileptospira interrogans autumnalis infectionleptospira interrogans canicola infectionleptospira interrogans hebdomadis infectionleptospira interrogans pomona infectionNanukayami diseaseNanukayami feverpretibial feverseven-day feverEIA - [equine infectious anaemia]leptospira interrogans infectionmud feverswamp feverLeptospira infection of liverWeil diseaseFiedler diseaseHaemorrhagic leptospiral jaundiceIcteric leptospirosisLeptospiral epidemic jaundiceLeptospirosis icterohaemorrhagicaLeptospirosis due to Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiaeLeptospiral meningitisaseptic leptospiral meningitismeningitis in leptospirosisEncephalitis due to Leptospira species