A Note on the Occurrence of Leptospirosis in Bombay

A Study on Leptospirosis in Bombay City

By M. N. LAHIRI (From the Haffkine Institute, Bombay) . After the first proven case of leptospirosis Jn the city of Bombay was reported by the writer (1941a), six more cases have been detected which could be proved positive _ either by serological methods or by the isolation of leptospirse. It may be emphasized that these positive cases do in no way represent the true incidence of the disease i...

Distribution of Anti-leptospira Antibodies in the Sera of Patients Suspected Leptospirosis

Abstract Background and Objective: Leptospirosis is a zoonosis infectious disease that is prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions and is caused by the pathogenic serovars of leptospires. Hence, we aimed at investigating the prevalence of antibodies against these bacteria in the blood samples of suspected leptospirosis. Material and Methods: the human serum samples (N = 130) were ...

The Occurrence of Leptospirosis in Orissa

Das Gupta and Chopra (1937) discovered leptospirosis in India and reported first a bac,teriologically positive case from Calcutta. Since then, several proven cases of infectious jaundice have been recorded from Calcutta, Assam and Bombay by various workers, viz. Das Gupta (1938, 1939, 1941), Konar et al. (1939) and Lahiri (1941, 1943). Though the discovery aroused considerable interest, the num...

A Brief Report on the Survey of Leptospirosis in Iran

Bilateral Abducent Palsy in Leptospirosis- An Eye Opener to a Rare Neuro Ocular Manifestation: A Case Report

Leptospirosis, a disease of great significance in tropical countries, presents commonly as a biphasic illness with acute febrile episode in the first phase followed by a brief afebrile period and then by the second phase of fever with or without jaundice and renal failure. However, it has varied manifestations and unusual clinical features ascribed to immunological phenomena can occur due to th...