http://goldbamboo.com/ Leptospirosis News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a195398.html Concentrations of virulent Leptospira -- which can cause leptospirosis in humans -- are higher in urban than in rural environmental surface waters in a region of Peru. [click link for full article] Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a194811.html The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating a case of leptospirosis, a bacteria-caused disease, involving a 51-year-old man. The man developed fever, chills, headache, diarrhea, vomiting and malaise on June 24, about two weeks after visiting Malaysia. He was admitted to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po on June 27 and discharged on July 3. [click link for full article] Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a197262.html UCSD School of Medicine, along with the University Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, have developed a novel approach for assessing the risk to humans of acquiring leptospirosis -- a severe, water-borne disease that is the common cause of severe jaundice, renal failure and lung hemorrhage in urban areas throughout the developing world -- from environmental water exposure. Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a195239.html Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, along with colleagues at the University Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, have developed a novel approach for assessing the risk to humans of acquiring leptospirosis - a severe, water-borne disease that is the c [click link for full article] Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:00 EST