Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

A Serological study of Leptospirosis in JSS hospital,Mysuru

Dr. Tejashree. A, Pooja P. B, Bhoomolla Rajitha

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Leptospirosis, the most widespread zoonosis, is emerging as a major public health problem. The clinical manifestations of human leptospirosis are diverse, ranging from mild, flu–like illness to a severe disease form known as Weil’s syndrome Materials and Methods: A total number of 100 suspected cases were included in the study during the period January  2015 to December 2015. All the samples were subjected to ELISA and ICT. Results:  Out of the 100 samples 39 were positive with ELISA, 01 was positive with ICT. All the leptospirosis positive cases had fever 39(100%) followed by, head ache 34(87.17%), fever followed by chills and rigors 18(46.15%),vomiting 23(58.97%),fever followed by jaundice 10(25.64%) and hepatomegaly 3(7.69%).Conclusion: We strongly suggest suspicion of leptospirosis by the physicians is possible even during summer season as this disease occurs throughout the year. This forces medical professionals to perform continuous surveillance programme for leptospirosis.

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Dr.Tejashree.A, Pooja P.B, Bhoomolla Rajitha, A Serological study of Leptospirosis in JSS hospital,Mysuru, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-2 | February-2018

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