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** 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> | ** 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 | ** Immediate washing or bathing after recreational activities if exposed to stagnant water or soil | ||
* workers and farmers:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/aise2.pdf |title= |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> | * workers and farmers:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/aise2.pdf |title=prevention of leptospirosis |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> | ||
** Learning good animal husbandry techniques and using of personal protective equipment that minimize the risk of transmission | ** Learning good animal husbandry techniques and using of personal protective equipment that minimize the risk of transmission | ||
** Eradication or control of rodent population in the fields or working place | ** Eradication or control of rodent population in the fields or working place | ||
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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
- workers and farmers:[2]
- Learning good animal husbandry techniques and using of personal protective equipment that minimize the risk of transmission
- Eradication or control of rodent population in the fields or working place
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.
- ↑ "prevention of leptospirosis" (PDF).