2017年5月1日 · Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with epidemic potential, especially after a heavy rainfall, caused by a bacterium called Leptospira. Leptospira interrogans is pathogenic to humans and animals, with more than 200 serologic variants or serovars. Humans usually acquire leptospirosis through direct contact with the urine of infected animals or a urine-contaminated environment. Human-to-human ...

2014年12月16日 · La leptospirosis es una enfermedad zoonótica de potencial epidémico, principalmente después de lluvias fuertes, causada por una bacteria llamada leptospira. Leptospira interrogans es patogénica para los hombres y los animales, con más de 200 variedades serológicas o serovariedades. Los seres humanos generalmente adquieren la leptospirosis por contacto directo con la orina de animales ...

2017年5月1日 · Both the medical community and the general public need to be informed of the risk of the disease, especially after a hurricane or flood since leptospirosis outbreaks are very common. For this reason there are risk communication guidelines. Physicians and health care providers should be informed about the symptoms of leptospirosis, risk factors, diagnostic testing and therapeutic strategies.

Leptospirosis can also be an occupational hazard for people who work outdoors or with animals, such as rice and sugar-cane field workers, farmers, sewer workers, veterinarians, dairy workers, and military personnel. It is also a recreational hazard to those who swim or wade in contaminated water. Leptospirosis is a

leptospirosis son muchas veces relacionados con inundaciones y huracanes. La leptospirosis también puede ser un riesgo ocupacional para los que trabajan al aire libre o con animales, por ejemplo los plantadores de arroz y caña de azúcar, agricultores, trabajadores en alcantarillas, veterinarios, trabajadores de lechería, y personal militar.

conocimiento de la leptospirosis como un problema de salud pública y el objetivo de esta guía es asistir en ese proceso. En muchos aspectos, la leptospirosis puede ser vista como una enfermedad emergente lo que ha llevado a aumentar el interés y la demanda de información sobre esta enfermedad, especialmente en los países en desarrollo.

The Centre safekeeps the collection of Leptospira cultures (Coleção de Leptospira -CLEP) by continuous culturing of live bacteria and shipment of bacteria cultures to national laboratories in order to build capacities on the diagnosis of leptospirosis across Member States. Recently, Cuba, Guatemala, and Panama submitted requests to the Centre ...

2003年10月23日 · The target group to which these guidelines are directed consists of health workers (clinicians, laboratory technicians, microbiologists, public health workers, veterinarians and biologists with an interest in zoonoses, etc.) having no specialized knowledge of leptospirosis but who wish to be generally informed about the microorganism concerned and the disease that it …

2013年5月31日 · Report of the Meetings of the National forum of leptospirosis of Nicaragua and international meeting of ...

2010年10月25日 · The Leptospirosis Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (LERG), an advisory group to the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the epidemiology of leptospirosis, was established in 2009 following an informal WHO consultation in 2006. The first meeting of LERG (LERG 1) took place on 2–4 December 2009 in Geneva. The LERG comprises ten advisors serving in their individual ...