Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis prevention: With monsoon season upon us, here's everything you need to know to avoid 'rat fever'

Rat fever-causing bacteria can enter a healthy person through cuts & wounds exposed to contaminated water.

Flood-hit Kerala now battles 'rat fever': All you need to know about bacterial infection leptospirosis that can damage your kidney, liver

This potentially fatal infection spreads through contact with urine or faeces from an infected animal

Flood-hit Kerala now battles 'rat fever': All you need to know about leptospirosis

This potentially fatal infection spreads through contact with urine or faeces from an infected animal

Kerala, After The Flood: State cancels govt-sponsored events for a year, funds to be utilised for rehabilitation work

The amounts earmarked for these celebrations in Kerala would have to be transferred to the Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF), it said.

Kerala, After The Flood: More than 12 people die, 200 affected by fast-spreading 'rat fever' in flood-hit state

Kerala is battling an outbreak of a bacterial disease that authorities suspect has killed dozens of people since mid-August after the worst flooding in a century.

Kerala floods: Woman dies of rat fever in Kozhikode, 15th person to succumb to the disease after deluge

Till Sunday, 40 cases of leptospirosis or rat fever were reported in flood-hit Kerala — Kozhikode reported 28 cases and the rest were from Alappuzha, Thrissur and Pathanamthitta.

Kerala, After The Flood: Piling waste raises risks to health, environment; management by local bodies is need of hour

Kerala already faces health hazards caused directly by the flood, but the situation will worsen if the wastes lie piled up for too long without management.

Kerala, after the flood: People at risk of PTSD, survivor syndrome may need help; state must brace for what TN faced after tsunami

Considering the magnitude of the housing crisis Kerala has to confront, it’s likely that what both the state and the Centre are doing will fall short of requirements, unless private and corporate donors add to this effort.

Scientists using bioinformatics are one step closer to their goal of developing a vaccine for Leptospirosis

Scientists used sophisticated tools to identify important regions on the bacteria that could play an important role in developing a vaccine.

Of mice and rains: Mumbai's fortunes could be tied to its ability to curb its rat population

Rat urine, when it contaminates flooded areas of Mumbai - a normal feature every monsoon - leads to cases of leptospirosis.