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Originally Posted by Richard
Nothing new here. Leptospirosis is also common in the USA or anywhere man and animals coexist, and very common in rural farming areas. Good PM practices--especially water purification and simple hand washing--prevents most of it and the condition is easily treatable. A good medical annex to an area study should always include this issue; ours did.
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Richard,
would you say open wounds leave a risk to contracting Lepto especially when river crossings are involved? I get the impression this is possibly carried by rats or water buffalo who urinate into slow moving streams or rivers perhaps?