PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – India (02): flooding, comment

Leptospirosis — India
“Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that affects people who have waded through flood waters contaminated with the urine of rats and dogs.”
There is a relationship involved that needs to be understood in order for communities to respond appropriately to leptospirosis outbreaks, especially in the wake of flooding. The leading rat predators in most of the developing world are street dogs. Street dogs are also major competitors with rats in consuming food waste and undigested food remnants