It has been 1,882 Leptospirosis (Rat fever) patients in the Ratnapura District last year and of them 22 patients died of ...

Rat Fever (Leptospirosis) is an infectious disease caused by pathogenic bacteria called lepto spires, which are maintained in nature in the kidneys of certain animals such as rats, pigs, cattle, ...

All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease that significantly impacts animals and human health worldwide. China has diverse climate ...

Sri Lanka is grappling with a surge in leptospirosis cases at present. It is a bacterial disease often transmitted through contaminated water and soil. Following the recent devastating floods, the ...

Twenty-five years after donating a kidney to her mother, an Alabama woman became the third human to receive a genetically engineered pig’s kidney, raising hopes for thousands of Americans on the ...

Towana Looney knew that the first four people who ever received an organ from a pig died within two months. But the Gadsden, Alabama, woman was still game to try it herself. After eight years on ...

An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday. Towana Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after ...

Experts have long regarded pigs as one of the greatest zoonotic threats to public health because their cells allow viruses to mix and mutate, creating new strains capable of causing human pandemics.