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PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – South Africa (02): (WC) fatal, prisoners, rat infestation, comment

Leptospirosis -- South AfricaThe fact that nearly 5000 inmates of Pollsmoor Prison, Western Cape, South Africa, are being moved to other prisons because of a presumed leptospirosis outbreak due to rat infestation, prompts some questions as to the possible real nature of the infectious process.We are not told the main presenting symptoms of this outbreak, nor the causes of the eventual death of 2 prisoners, nor are we informed exactly which laboratory tests confirmed in fact a leptospiral origin. Read more [...]