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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Adof Weil is the first physician described about the severe form of leptospirosis and the name Weil's disease is named after him in the year 1886. He also described the jaundice with splenomegaly, renal failure, skin rash and conjunctival suffusion.<ref name="pmid25388129">{{cite journal| author=Adler B| title=History of leptospirosis and leptospira. | journal=Curr Top Microbiol Immunol | year= 2015 | volume= 387 | issue= | pages= 1-9 | pmid=25388129 | doi=10.1007/978-3-662-45059-8_1 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25388129 }} </ref> Japanees scientists Kitamura and Hara named this disease as autumn fever and seven day disease in 1918.<ref name="Kobayashi2001">{{cite journal|last1=Kobayashi|first1=Yuzuru|title=Discovery of the causative organism of Weil's disease: historical view|journal=Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy|volume=7|issue=1|year=2001|pages=10–15|issn=1341321X|doi=10.1007/s101560170028}}</ref> | Adof Weil is the first physician described about the severe form of leptospirosis and the name Weil's disease is named after him in the year 1886. He also described the jaundice with splenomegaly, renal failure, skin rash and conjunctival suffusion.<ref name="pmid25388129">{{cite journal| author=Adler B| title=History of leptospirosis and leptospira. | journal=Curr Top Microbiol Immunol | year= 2015 | volume= 387 | issue= | pages= 1-9 | pmid=25388129 | doi=10.1007/978-3-662-45059-8_1 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25388129 }} </ref> Japanees scientists Kitamura and Hara named this disease as autumn fever and seven day disease in 1918.<ref name="Kobayashi2001">{{cite journal|last1=Kobayashi|first1=Yuzuru|title=Discovery of the causative organism of Weil's disease: historical view|journal=Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy|volume=7|issue=1|year=2001|pages=10–15|issn=1341321X|doi=10.1007/s101560170028}}</ref> | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
* The association between the disease prevalence and occupational status for leptospirosis is first described by Alston and Broom in 1958. They also found that it more prevalent in farmers who are working in cane farm and named the disease as cane cutter's disease, swine-herd’s disease, Schlammfieber disease or mud fever.<ref name="pmid5919352">{{cite journal| author=Wilson TS| title=Recent observations on leptospirosis in Northern Ireland and their bearing on current diagnostic methods. | journal=J Clin Pathol | year= 1966 | volume= 19 | issue= 5 | pages= 415-23 | pmid=5919352 | doi= | pmc=473342 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=5919352 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Adof Weil is the first physician described about the severe form of leptospirosis and the name Weil's disease is named after him in the year 1886. He also described the jaundice with splenomegaly, renal failure, skin rash and conjunctival suffusion.[1] Japanees scientists Kitamura and Hara named this disease as autumn fever and seven day disease in 1918.[2]
Historical Perspective
- The association between the disease prevalence and occupational status for leptospirosis is first described by Alston and Broom in 1958. They also found that it more prevalent in farmers who are working in cane farm and named the disease as cane cutter's disease, swine-herd’s disease, Schlammfieber disease or mud fever.[3]
References
- ↑ Adler B (2015). "History of leptospirosis and leptospira". Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 387: 1–9. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-45059-8_1. PMID 25388129.
- ↑ Kobayashi, Yuzuru (2001). "Discovery of the causative organism of Weil's disease: historical view". Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 7 (1): 10–15. doi:10.1007/s101560170028. ISSN 1341-321X.
- ↑ Wilson TS (1966). "Recent observations on leptospirosis in Northern Ireland and their bearing on current diagnostic methods". J Clin Pathol. 19 (5): 415–23. PMC 473342. PMID 5919352.