According to the Health Ministry and the Epidemiology Unit sources, over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat ...

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A rat bite transmits the disease, but it cannot spread from person to person. Fever, vomiting, head and muscle pain, joint pain or swelling and rash are the main signs and symptoms of ...

With six deaths reported and 58 more patients identified with leptospirosis disease, commonly known as ‘rat fever’ in Jaffna district alone, regional health authorities have stepped up urgent ...

an Ebola-like disease also known as 'rat fever', prompting urgent contact tracing. The horrific virus can cause bleeding from the eyes, though 80 per cent of victims show no symptoms. The woman ...

‘As a result, “rat fever” significantly reduced the fighting ability of Russian “rats”.’ According to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, usual symptoms include ...

Authorities suspect Leptospirosis, commonly known as ‘rat fever’ is the cause of the death of a 23-year-old man from Jaffna on ...

The monsoon season’s arrival, often heralded by grey skies and the steady drumming of rain, is something that we Malaysians ...

The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health says that an unidentified fever is spreading in the Jaffna District, raising ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year, a senior official from the epidemiology unit of the ...

Colombo, December 11 (Daily Mirror) - The sudden fever currently spreading in the Jaffna district has not yet been identified, nor has it been confirmed as rat fever (leptospirosis), Acting ...