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Leptospirosis

Known as: fort bragg fever, mud fever, swamp fever 
A contagious bacterial infection caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Humans are infected by contact with water and soil which have been… 
National Institutes of Health

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BabesiosisSpirochaetales InfectionsZoonoses

Narrower (7)

Canicola feverCanine leptospirosisEquine Infectious AnemiaFort Bragg Fever
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Dengue FeverIn BloodLeptospiraLeptospira interrogans
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Review
2015
Review
2015
Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review
Background Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonosis, occurs in diverse epidemiological settings and affects vulnerable populations… 
Review
2015
Review
2015
Leptospirosis in humans.
  • D. Haake, P. Levett
  • Current topics in microbiology and immunology
  • 2015
  • Corpus ID: 40524939
Leptospirosis is a widespread and potentially fatal zoonosis that is endemic in many tropical regions and causes large epidemics… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Leptospira and leptospirosis.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Leptospirosis in the Asia Pacific region
BackgroundLeptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic infection that has been recognized for decades, but the problem of the disease… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Leptospirosis: an emerging global public health problem
Leptospirosis has been recognized as an emerging global public health problem because of its increasing incidence in both… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Urban epidemic of severe leptospirosis in Brazil
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Epidemic leptospirosis associated with pulmonary hemorrhage-Nicaragua, 1995.
In October 1995, epidemic "hemorrhagic fever," without jaundice or renal manifestations, was reported in rural Nicaragua… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Guidelines for the control of leptospirosis.
  • S. Faine
  • WHO offset publication
  • 1982
  • Corpus ID: 39293370
Guidelines for the control of leptospirosis , Guidelines for the control of leptospirosis… 
Highly Cited
1938
Highly Cited
1938
Leptospirosis
Asevere type of jaundice that appeared in epidemic form was described by Adolf W eil of " eisbaden in 1880, and from this time… 
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