Leptospirosis — Japan
The Okinawa Prefecture Health and Longevity Division announced [Wed 28 Sep 2016] that in Kunigami there has been a mass infection of leptospirosis, a bacteria-caused infection that is mostly contacted through activities in a river or pond.
According to health division officials, 10 elementary and junior high school students and a woman in her 30s, who all had swum in Okuma River in Kunigami Village on [6 and 7 Aug 2016], developed fever, muscle pain, and bloodshot eyes 8 to 10 days after
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