leptospirosisn.
/ˌlɛptə(ʊ)spʌɪˈrəʊsɪs/, /ˌlɛptə(ʊ)spᵻˈrəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌlɛptəˌspaɪˈroʊsəs/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
Infection with, or a disease caused by, leptospiræ.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > bacterial or viral disorders > [noun] > bacterial disorders
endemic syphilis1865
Oroya fever1873
verruga1873
Weil's disease1889
undulant fever1896
pasteurellosis1902
microbism1904
spirillosis1904
spirochaetosis1906
necrobacillosis1907
melioidosis1921
Reiter's disease1922
rickettsiosis1925
leptospirosis1926
Carrion's disease1927
treponematosis1927
bartonellosis1928
brucellosis1930
mycobacteriosis1938
listerellosis1939
listeriosis1941
shigellosis1944
Reiter's syndrome1947
Shigella dysentery1963
pigbel1966
mud fever1969
Lyme arthritis1976
toxic shock syndrome1978
legionellosis1979
TSS1980
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > bacterial or viral
heartwater1880
pseudotuberculosis1888
coccidiosis1892
sarcosporidiosis1893
agalaxia1894
agalactia1897
actinobacillosis1903
Aujeszky's disease1906
necrobacillosis1907
pseudorabies1912
flu1920
tick-borne fever1921
leptospirosis1926
mad itch1931
Rift Valley fever1931
theileriasis1944
vibriosis1951
arenovirus1970
arenavirus1971
1926 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (ed. 9) 558/2 Leptospirosis, infection with some species of Leptospira.
1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 July 10/1 Weil's disease (spirochaetal jaundice, infective jaundice, leptospirosis) has been recognized in many different countries.
1961 Times 6 Dec. 14/6 The bulls..have been tested for tuberculosis, brucellosis, and leptospirosis.
1970 Daily Tel. 11 May 12/7 In one area the Medical Officer of Health has made notifiable seven tropical diseases—plague, cholera, malaria, yellow fever, leprosy, typhus, and also leptospirosis.
1973 Massey Ferguson Rev. (N.Z.) Mar.–Apr. 8/1 Leptospirosis in man and cattle is recognised as a serious rural problem in parts of New Zealand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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