It appears that recent flooding in Nicaragua has caused an increase in reported/diagnosed cases of leptospirosis. Managua and the cities of Chinandega and Puerto Sandino appear to be the hardest hit. If you are headed to the area or already there, make sure to be on the look out for symptoms and try to minimize contact with standing water.
Related Posts
Rift Valley Fever in Sudan
WHO has confirmed that an outbreak in Sudan, originally thought to be Yellow Fever is actually Rift Valley Fever. Areas…
Expedition Medicine Conference
Check this out: Expedition Medicine Conference September 2-6, 2008 After that…Check out Adventure Doc Wilderness Medicine Page
Family Medicine Resident Conference: Global Health
A great new conference is on the horizon. The American Academy of Family Physicians annual resident and medical student conference,…
Mosquitoes and Mosquito Bite Prevention: Review
There is a very good article, from 1998 Annals of Internal Medicine called Mosquitoes and Mosquito Repellents: A Clinician’s Guide…
Wilderness Medicine Newsletter
I came across an amazing resource, the other day, http://wildernessmedicinenewsletter.wordpress.com/. This is actually an older site that I am embarassed…
Trypanosomiasis in India
An Indian newpaper, http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1139181, ran a story about some new cases of trypanosomiasis reported in parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai….
Death Rates, Predictions and Herd Immunity
The idea of how and when our COVID19 pandemic will end is a big concern. A vaccine is at least…
31 Mar 2020
Back from Travels
We have made it back from our travels in Greece, Crete and Egypt! Our travels were amazing and we were…
Lost vaccine records
Hi,Thanks for putting together your website. It’s very informative! I have a quick question I’m hoping you can help me…
Travel Clinics of America
I recently attended the AAFP Scientific Assembly in San Diego, where I met the team at Travel Clinics of America. …
Dengue Updates
The good people at ProMed Mail has just sent out some new info on Dengue activity. For the “hard core”…
Ranger Medical Handbook
A friend over at the Black Flag Cafe gave me a link to a really amazing and free web book….
Chloroquine Myths and Facts in a Time of COVID-19
There is a lot of hope and expectation being laid at the feet of chloroquine for use in SARS-CoV-2 and…
25 Mar 2020
Tropical Medicine Super-Site
I came along an amazing website for tropical medicine. The Tropical Medicine Central Resource associated with the Uniformed Services University…
Rabies Control Newsletter
RabiesControl.org released a newsletter about their work and the World Rabies Day activities of September 8th, 2007. The newsletter contains…
For those who may be looking, good medical information concerning leptospirosis can be found here.