2024
DOI: 10.22159/ijcpr.2024v16i6.5099
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Study of Human Leptospirosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Visakhapatnam

THAMMINA MEHER SRI SAI SUDHA VANI

Abstract: Objective: Prevalence of leptospirosis in humans is found in an alarming number in recent times. This endemic zoonotic disease is widespread and potentially fatal. It is usually seen in areas with poor socioeconomic conditions, water stagnation, garbage accumulation, which becomes breeding sites for the rodents. Infection may turn epidemic during monsoon. Reservoir of infection is rat scientifically named as Rattus rattus and infection results from direct or indirect exposure to host animals that carry the pat… Show more

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