Tag: Leptospirosis cases surge in NYC: What to know about the rat-spread infectious disease

New York City has reported an increase in human cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that the city reports has been spread by rats. In a late September advisory, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported that 14 cases of human leptospirosis had been identified this year, a number it said was more than the total number reported…