Leptospirosis in animals and human contacts in Egypt: broad range surveillance

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Ahmed Samir, Rafik Soliman, Mahmoud El-Hariri, Khaled Abdel-Moein, Mahmoud Essam Hatem
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2015
• Subjects: Leptospirosis; Zoonosis; Egypt; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Pomona
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0102-2015; https://doaj.org/article/4a60aac49af04eeab35f4573dc7de645

INTRODUCTION: Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease of humans and animals worldwide. The disease is caused by pathogenic species of the genus Leptospira. These organisms are maintained in nature via chronic renal infection of carrier animals, which excrete the organisms in their urine. Hum...