Leptospirosis

Ecological Studies and Epidemiological Aspects of Leptospirosis in the Northeast Region of Brazil

Brenda Vitória Machado Amorim, Gabriella Mascarenhas Cova, Carlos Danilo Cardoso Matos Silva & João Ronaldo Tavares de Vasconcellos Neto · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2024

Introduction: Leptospirosis, a globally prevalent zoonotic infection, affects approximately one million people annually. Originating from the bacterium Leptospira, it is transmitted through contact with the urine of reservoir animals, such as rodents. In Brazil, it is endemic, es...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71044

Leptospirosis; Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention: A Review

Özgür Aslan · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Leptospirosis is one of the most common and zoonotic infections on earth, induced by Leptospira genus spirochetes. Although leptospirosis is defined as a zoonotic infection induced by Leptospira interrogans serotypes and characterized by jaundice, high fever and hemoglobinuria, i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24924

Optimal Control of an Epidemic Model of Leptospirosis with Nonlinear Saturated Incidences

Syed Farasat Sadiq, Muhammad Altaf Khan, Saeed Islam, Gul Zaman, II Hyo Jung & Sher Afzal Khan · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013

In this paper, we consider a leptospirosis epidemic model with non-linear saturated incidence by applying the optimal control techniques to eradicate the infection in the human population. Leptospirosis is the disease which effects human as well as Cattle. Our aim is to find such...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/6378