A 2021 outbreak of leptospirosis that sickened more than 200 dogs in Los Angeles County reveals critical gaps in vaccination ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Of the 24 people sickened in New York City last year from leptospirosis, a disease caused by rat urine, five of those cases were garbage collectors. The union for Department of ...

A recent study, published by researchers at the Faculty of ITC in the International Journal of Health Geographics, has shown that flooding leads to increased leptospirosis cases. First author, John ...

Dogs were showing up at West Los Angeles veterinary hospitals with the same alarming pattern: fever, vomiting, lethargy, ...

A 2021 outbreak of leptospirosis that sickened more than 200 dogs in Los Angeles County reveals critical gaps in vaccination practices and raises broader concerns about the spread of the disease ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The city is seeing a rise in cases of human leptospirosis, a disease caused by rat urine, which if left untreated can cause kidney failure and liver damage. Last year the city saw ...

Local cases of the infectious disease leptospirosis, which in New York City is largely associated with exposure to rat urine, are continuing to trend upward, the city’s health department warned in an ...

Leptospirosis is a globally important zoonotic disease caused by spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira. Transmission occurs through contact with the urine of infected animals or contaminated water and ...