Leptospirosis — India
As tens of thousands of Keralites affected by last month’s [August 2018] floods are busy cleaning up their slush-filled homes, a 2nd threat is haunting the state in the form of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever. 5 more deaths were reported due to rat fever on [Mon 3 Sep 2018], taking the toll from the disease over the past 5 days alone to more than 3 dozen.
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that is transmitted chiefly through soil or water contaminated by the urine of the
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