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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Primary Prevention== | ==Primary Prevention== | ||
===General measures=== | |||
General protective measures to be taken by risk groups as follows. | |||
* Recreational activities : | |||
** Protective clothing and appropriate shoes to protect from infection from contaminated sources such as animal urine.<ref name="pmid22843698">{{cite journal| author=Forbes AE, Zochowski WJ, Dubrey SW, Sivaprakasam V| title=Leptospirosis and Weil's disease in the UK. | journal=QJM | year= 2012 | volume= 105 | issue= 12 | pages= 1151-62 | pmid=22843698 | doi=10.1093/qjmed/hcs145 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22843698 }} </ref> | |||
** Immediate washing or bathing after recreational activities if exposed to stagnant water or soil | |||
===Prophylaxis=== | |||
===Vaccines=== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Venkata Sivakrishna Kumar Pulivarthi M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Primary Prevention
General measures
General protective measures to be taken by risk groups as follows.
- Recreational activities :
- Protective clothing and appropriate shoes to protect from infection from contaminated sources such as animal urine.[1]
- Immediate washing or bathing after recreational activities if exposed to stagnant water or soil
Prophylaxis
Vaccines
References
- ↑ Forbes AE, Zochowski WJ, Dubrey SW, Sivaprakasam V (2012). "Leptospirosis and Weil's disease in the UK". QJM. 105 (12): 1151–62. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcs145. PMID 22843698.