New Species of Infectious Disease

Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 4 days (www.sciencedaily.com)

While investigating the tropical disease leptospirosis in the Peruvian Amazon, an infectious disease specialist from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has uncovered new, emerging bacteria that may be responsible for up to 40 percent of cases of the disease.

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Sex Differences in Clinical Leptospirosis in Germany: 1997–2005

fiona submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (www.journals.uchicago.edu)

"Our results indicate that male sex is associated with a higher severity of clinical leptospirosis. Reports on male predominance in leptospirosis may thus reflect sex-related variability in the incidence of severe disease, rather than different infection rates. In clinical practice, sex differences in the manifestation of leptospirosis may cause systematic underinvestigation and undertreatment of the disease in female patients. "

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