Leptospirosis — Australia
The best wet season in a decade has also seen a spike in cases of the rare disease leptospirosis among cattle workers in the Top End.
There have already been 9 cases confirmed in the Northern Territory [NT], which has prompted the issuing of a health warning.
Leptospirosis can be a fatal disease, which passes to humans chiefly through animal urine and cases have risen after the return of a better La Nina-inspired wet season across the Territory. It can be successfully treated with
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