New Species of Infectious Disease

Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 5 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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