BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
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Which animal causes Leptospirosis disease?
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Elephant
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Giraffe
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Rat
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Hamster
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Leptospirosis is spread in the pee of infected animals – most commonly rats, mice, cows, pigs and dogs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rats are chronic asymptomatic carriers of Leptospira spp., maintaining the spirochetes in their proximal renal tubules [11, 12]. They have also been reported to carry different pathogenic serovars of Leptospira spp. capable of causing disease in humans and other animals [13].
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