Possible leptospirosis outbreak

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Hoy is reporting that in the last week four people have died of leptospirosis at the capital's Luis A. Aybar hospital and 23 others are still being treated for the disease. Luisa Lafontaine, director of the hospital, issued a warning to people who live near flooded areas. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease transmitted by the urine of wild and domestic animals. Leptospira organisms have been found in cattle, pigs, horses, dogs and rats. Symptoms include high fever, headaches, general sickness, yellowish skin, and is commonly confused with other diseases, although pain in the calves is a distinguishing factor. The increase in cases is being blamed on the rains and the spread of diseases in flooded areas. The disease is not known to be spread from person to person.

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