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Leptospyral infections: Lyme disease: Babesiosis: Orf virus disease: report to the Minister for Health and the Minister for Agriculture and Food on certain zoonotic diseases
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| Title: | Leptospyral infections: Lyme disease: Babesiosis: Orf virus disease: report to the Minister for Health and the Minister for Agriculture and Food on certain zoonotic diseases |
| Authors: | Food Safety Advisory Committee |
| Publisher: | Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) |
| Issue Date: | Jun-1992 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/245172 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | Since Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae was first demonstrated
as the cause of Weil's Disease in Japan in 1914, over 130
serotypes have been identified and Leptospirosis in man or
animals has been caused by most of them. The spread of
infection in each case is along a similar path. An animal ,
frequently a rat or other rodent serves as the host , often
suffering little from the infection, but shedding Leptospira
in his urine for a long time. In stagnant water or wet soil
contaminated by urine, the Leptospires survive for long
periods (sometimes months) and if during this period they
come in contact with human skin, or mucous membranes of the
eyes or nasopharynx, they may invade the blood stream and
cause infection. |
| Keywords: | FOOD SAFETY
DISEASE |
| Local subject classification: | ZOONOSIS |
| Series/Report no.: | 11 |
| Appears in Collections: | FSAI
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