Work-Related Diseases
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Leptospirosis
Occupational Disease Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis Category Infection, Occupational
Leptospirosis Severity
Acute-Severe
Leptospirosis Synonyms
Weil disease; Canicola fever; Hemorrhagic jaundice; Mud fever; Swineherd disease; Leptospira interrogans infection
Information on Leptospirosis Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
Cases range from mild inapparent infections and flu-like illnesses to severe cases with hemorrhage, encephalitis, hemolytic anemia, jaundice, and hepatorenal failure. Workers are exposed by contact directly with the urine or tissues of infected wild and domestic animals or indirectly through urine-contaminated water in lakes, streams, sewers, and swimming pools. An animal vaccine is available. Person-to-person transmission is rare. [Chin, p. 293-6] Weil's syndrome is a severe form of leptospirosis with jaundice, proteinuria, hematuria, azotemia, bleeding tendency, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. [Merck Manual, p. 1188] "Recently, several rapid and simple serologic tests have been developed that are reliable and commercially available." [Health Information for International Travel, 2001-2002. CDC]
Leptospirosis Latency
4-19 days; usually 10 days
Leptospirosis References
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/leptospirosis_g.htm