leptospirosis

(noun)

an acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira

Examples of leptospirosis in the following topics:

  • Leptospirosis

    • Leptospirosis is a rare and severe infection caused by Leptospira bacteria and usually transmitted to people from animals.
    • Leptospirosis is among the world's most common diseases transmitted to people from animals.
    • Leptospirosis is caused by a spirochaete bacterium called Leptospira spp.
    • Leptospirosis is transmitted by the urine of an infected animal and is contagious as long as it is still moist.
    • Leptospirosis is also transmitted by the semen of infected animals.

  • Spirochaetes

    • Leptospira, the cause of leptospirosis - leptospirosis is transmitted to humans from animals and a common form of transmission is by allowing contaminated water to come in contact with unhealed breaks in the skin, eyes and mucous membranes.