Leptospirosis is a severe spirochetal zoonosis in the world. It is considered an occupational disease of persons engaged in agriculture, sewage works, forestry, and animal slaughtering. A study was conducted with an objective of assessing the seroprevalence of leptospirosis in and around Vellore district, Tamil Nadu. The study was based on the signs and symptoms of the patients reporting fever ...

In the Netherlands, 97 human leptospirosis cases were notified in 2014. This represents a 4.6-fold increase in autochthonous cases (n = 60) compared with the annual average between 2010 and 2013. Most cases had symptom onset between June and November. This marked increase in humans coincided with an increase of leptospirosis in dogs. In 2014, 13 dogs with leptospirosis were reported, compared w...

areas of Europe, whereas so far, there are fewer reports of LPHS from North America (Schweighauser and Francey 2008a, Kohn et al. 2010, Sykes et al. 2011, Tangeman and Littman 2013). In September 2012, an expert panel was gathered by the International Society of Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID) to discuss important aspects of canine leptospirosis in Europe and to develop a peer-rev...

background industrial growth is occurring exponentially, for unimpeded growth, industrial workers are recruited on a large scale globally. there are various sectors of industries present for which laborers are trained in accordance to their requirements. as workers possess the general health risk of occupational hazards, various labor laws, schemes and policies are undertaken by the government ...

Leptospirosis is a disease with a large geographical spreading. The clinical picture varies from undiagnosed, flulike syndrome to multiorgan involvement forms. Involvement of pericardium during leptospirosis is a rare event but not unknown. Objective: Our aim is to describe a severe case of leptospirosis (Weil's diseases) with prominent liver involvement, complicated with exudative pericarditis...

Leptospirosis is an important cause of acute febrile illness in the monsoon season in India. It is a zoonotic disease that is spread primarily by rodents. There exist two clinical types: anicteric and icteric leptospirosis. Both have an initial septicemic phase followed by an immune phase. The clinical manifestations vary and the disease manifestations may range from a nonspecific febrile illne...

Leptospirosis is a widespread although recently neglected zoonosis recognized worldwide. The disease seems to be underestimated, especially in countries located in the temperate climatic zone. The presented article concerns the main characteristics of leptospirosis and describes formerly known and recently observed environmental, occupational and recreational risk factors significant in the spr...

background occupational insecticidal poisoning (oip) is a global phenomenon, which is even more prevalent among indoor residual spray-workers and this can pose a serious threat to their health. objectives this study aimed to assess spray-workers' management of insecticide risk indicators and occupational insecticidal poisoning. materials and methods an analytical cross-sectional survey was...

Leptospirosis is one on those many diseases which expresses itself in the form of outbreaks associated with seasonal variations like rainfall. Pathogenic organism responsible for this disease is a spirochete of genus Leptospira which exists in around 300 serovars.[3] Leptospirosis presents itself in a wide spectrum of clinical presentations frequently mimicking other diseases, so frequently it ...

1 Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, 2 Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, 3 Department of Medical Microbiology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, 4 Leptospirosis Unit, Central Diagnostics Laboratories National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Pl...