[Vienna, Feb 26 2024] — Leptospirosis is a globally distributed infectious disease that affects both animals and humans. While the infection is endemic in tropical regions, its incidence seems to ...

Leptospirosis infections, caused by Leptospira bacteria, occur in people and animals around the world, but different strains of the bacteria may vary in their ability to cause disease and to jump ...

Rats. New York City (NYC) has had more cases of leptospirosis in 2021 than in any other prior year. And 2020 still has a little over two months to go. That’s according to a recent NYC Department of ...

New research of interest has been published in the journal eLife (“A live attenuated-vaccine model confers cross-protective immunity against different species of the Leptospira genus”). This is based ...

Scientists have taken a new, wide-ranging look at leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease that can cause symptoms ranging from mild headaches to severe bleeding. They sequenced the genomes of different ...

Leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease that affects more than one million people around the world each year. Researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have now sequenced the ...

Leptospirosis infections, caused by Leptospira bacteria, occur in people and animals around the world, but different strains of the bacteria may vary in their ability to cause disease and to jump ...

Q Is it OK to let my dog, Hunter, drink from puddles? A No. Puddles can be contaminated with toxins, such as gasoline, oil and antifreeze, as well as parasites and bacteria. Perhaps the worst thing ...

Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have identified a vaccine candidate against the potentially deadly Leptospira bacteria. Leptospira bacteria are responsible for causing both ...

Polk County just went through the devastation of hurricane Ian but for pet owners, there are still potential threats to deal with. The excessive rain brought flooding and saturated yards and this ...