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For these are the early symptoms of rat fever or Mee Una (leptospirosis), warns Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Paba Palihawadana. Around 60% of those who contract rat fever have been engaged in some kind of ...

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It has been 1,882 Leptospirosis (Rat fever) patients in the Ratnapura District last year and of them 22 patients died of the disease, Sabaragamuwa Provincial Health Services Director Dr. Kapila ...

Over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year, up from over 9,000 cases last year, a senior official from the epidemiology unit of ...

Leptospirosis cases in this highly-urbanized city went down by 63 percent in 2024 as a result of a continuous prevention and ...

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused ... is through exposure to the urine of infected animals -mainly rats- or contaminated soil and water. In humans, symptoms can include fever, headache ...

According to the Health Ministry and the Epidemiology Unit sources, over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year. Seven people from ...