[HTML][HTML] Leptospirosis and coinfection: should we be concerned?

A Md-Lasim, FS Mohd-Taib, M Abdul-Halim… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pathogenic Leptospira is the causative agent of leptospirosis, an emerging zoonotic disease
affecting animals and humans worldwide. The risk of host infection following interaction with …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental and occupational factors associated with leptospirosis: A systematic review

M Baharom, N Ahmad, R Hod, MH Ja'afar, FS Arsad… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Background Leptospirosis is a neglected emerging zoonotic disease with a profound public
health impact worldwide with higher burden of disease in resource-poor countries. The …

[HTML][HTML] Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects

N Philip, K Ahmed - Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2023 - Springer
Among zoonotic infections, leptospirosis has a worldwide distribution and high prevalence
in tropical regions. It has a broad clinical presentation from mild to severe, life-threatening …

[HTML][HTML] Towards an integrated approach to improve the understanding of the relationships between water-borne infections and health outcomes: Using Malaysia as a …

JY Ho, AA Lavinya, DSW Kay, CIS Lee, AH Razmi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As in many low-and middle-income countries around the world, thousands of local
communities in Southeast Asia rely on river water to sustain their livelihoods. However, poor …

Occupational disease and injury in Malaysia: a thematic review of literature from 2016 to 2021

SM Awaluddin, M Mahjom, KK Lim… - … of environmental and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Working people are exposed to occupational hazards and are at risk of having
occupational disease or injury in a rapidly industrializing country like Malaysia. This study …

Exposure risk assessment of the municipal waste collection activities during COVID-19 pandemic

L Salvaraji, MS Jeffree, R Avoi, A Atil… - Journal of public …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
An increasing amount of waste concurrently further extends the risk of exposure to
hazardous material among waste collectors. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, municipal waste …

[HTML][HTML] High incidence of asymptomatic leptospirosis among urban sanitation workers from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

MS Jeffree, D Mori, NA Yusof, AB Atil, KA Lukman… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Leptospirosis is a public health challenge in Sabah State of Malaysian Borneo. Rapid
urbanization, rural-to-urban migration, and undocumented immigration in Sabah have …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the September 2023 Storm Daniel and Subsequent Flooding in Thessaly (Greece) on the Natural and Built Environment and on Infectious Disease …

S Mavroulis, M Mavrouli, E Lekkas, A Tsakris - Environments, 2024 - mdpi.com
The storm Daniel and subsequent floods hit the Region of Thessaly (Greece) in early
September 2023, causing extensive damage to the built environment (buildings, networks …

[HTML][HTML] A Patient With Fever, Loose Motions and Jaundice: Hickam's Dictum or Occam's Razor

M Noor, F Rahim, S Amin, R Ullah, S Zafar - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infectious diseases like malaria, typhoid, leptospirosis, and dengue fever are the leading
causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries like Pakistan. Although rare, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Are Pathogenic Leptospira Species Ubiquitous in Urban Recreational Parks in Sydney, Australia?

X Lu, ME Westman, R Mizzi, C Griebsch… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the spirochete bacteria Leptospira spp. From
December 2017 to December 2023, a total of 34 canine leptospirosis cases were reported in …