Elsio Wunder, assistant professor of pathobiology at his lab at the Atwater Laboratory on May 23, 2024. Credit: Peter Morenus/UConn Photo Corkscrew-shaped Leptospira and the potentially deadly disease they cause are tricky to study. The bacteria live in the kidneys of animals where they may or may not cause symptoms, and they are readily released into the environment whenever their host urinates. Though the bacteria can spread anywhere across the globe, the reason you may have never heard of leptospirosis is that it primarily impacts economically disadvantaged regions like slums in developing countries, although the disease regularly appears in urban Read More
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