{"id":248126,"date":"2023-06-15T20:26:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=248126"},"modified":"2023-06-15T20:26:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:56:03","slug":"explained-leptospirosis-a-disease-that-surges-in-the-monsoon-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-leptospirosis-a-disease-that-surges-in-the-monsoon-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained | Leptospirosis, a disease that surges in the monsoon months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cExplained | Leptospirosis, a disease that surges in the monsoon months\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>The Hindu <\/b>on 14th June 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Leptospirosis has emerged as an important infectious disease in the world which tends to have large outbreaks after heavy rainfall or flooding.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Leptospirosis?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal zoonotic bacterial disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caused by<\/b>: The disease is caused by a bacterium called Leptospira interrogans, or Leptospira.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vulnerable areas:<\/b> The disease is more prevalent in warm, humid countries and in both urban and rural areas. It affects an estimated 1.03 million people every year, killing around 60,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transmission:<\/b> The carriers of the disease can be either wild or domestic animals, including rodents, cattle, pigs, and dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 The cycle of disease transmission begins with the shedding of Leptospira, usually in the urine of infected animals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 According to the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, infected animals can continue to excrete the bacteria into their surroundings for a few months, but sometimes up to several years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Humans become part of the cycle when they come in direct contact with this urine or\u00a0<\/span>indirectly, through soil and water that contain leptospira bacteria. A person is more likely <\/span>to contract leptospirosis if they have cuts or abrasions on their skin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Symptoms<\/b>: The severity of a leptospirosis infection ranges from a mild flu-like illness to being life-threatening.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prevention:<\/b> Leptospirosis control can benefit from a \u2018One Health\u2019 approach. \u2018One Health\u2019 is an interdisciplinary approach that recognises the interconnections between the health of\u00a0<\/span>humans, animals, plants, and their shared environment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cExplained | Leptospirosis, a disease that surges in the monsoon months\u201d published in The Hindu on 14th June 2023 What is the News? Leptospirosis has emerged as an important infectious disease in the world which tends to have large outbreaks after heavy rainfall or flooding. What is… Continue reading Explained | Leptospirosis, a disease that surges in the monsoon months<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-248126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703198586},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}