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  2. Leptospirosis - Wikipedia

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    Leptospirosis is a blood infection caused by the bacteria Leptospira [8] that can infect humans, dogs, rodents and many other wild and domesticated animals. [8] Signs and symptoms can range from none to mild (headaches, muscle pains, and fevers) to severe (bleeding in the lungs or meningitis). [5]

  3. Leptospira interrogans - Wikipedia

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    Leptospirosis is treated in humans by the antibiotics penicillin and doxycycline. [7] [8] L. interrogans has many properties that ensure its optimal survival in specific conditions, including two periplasmic flagella for movement and mobility. These flagella enable L. interrogans to more easily access and infect both human and mammalian tissues ...

  4. Leptospira noguchii - Wikipedia

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    Leptospirosis can transfer from animals to humans , humans to humans, or animals to animals via intake of contaminated body fluids, such as urine and blood. [7] The disease is normally absorbed through the mucous membranes of another animal or human and is excreted from the body in the urine. [ 7 ]

  5. Leptospira - Wikipedia

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    L. interrogans can also obtain iron from heme, which is bound to most of the iron in the human body. The HbpA hemin-binding protein, which may be involved in the uptake of hemin , has been identified on the surface of L. interrogans [ 35 ] Although other pathogenic species of Leptospira and L. biflexa lack HbpA, yet another hemin-binding ...

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  7. Outline of infectious disease concepts - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to concepts related to infectious diseases in humans.. Infection – transmission, entry/invasion after evading/overcoming defense, establishment, and replication of disease-causing microscopic organisms (pathogens) inside a host organism, and the reaction of host tissues to them and to the toxins they produce.

  8. Harnessing Your Health: Why women are more prone to ACL ... - AOL

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    ACL prevention programs address things like how to land from a jump correctly. If a person is landing flat-footed, the knees may not be bend and could absorb all the shock from the landing ...

  9. Common Causes of Arthritis for Women (& How to Treat It) - AOL

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    Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that 3.6 percent of adults aged 18 to 34 had arthritis, compared to about 54 percent of those 75 and older. Sex.