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•NAME: MIGDALIA CERRUD

ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ

•TEACHER:
NILA NANNETTE VICTORIA

•TECHNICAL:
CONTROL VECTOR
 LEPTOPIROSIS
IT IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY LEPTOSPIRA BACTERIA.
IT IS FOUND IN FRESH WÁTER CONTAMINATED WITH URINE FROM INFECTED ANIMALS, SUCH AS
RODENTS ,PIGS, AND CATTLE.
 SYMPTOMS

HIGH FEVER
MUSCLE ACHES
CHILLS
VOMITING
ABDOMINAL PAIN
 DIAGNOSIS

• IS BASED ON CLINICAL SYMPTOMS

• EXPOSURE OF CONTAMINATED WÁTER
• BLOOD TEST TO DETECT SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES
 TREATMENT
• IT IS TREATED WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC SUCHS AS DOXYCYCLINE OR PENICILLIN

EARLY TREATMENT IS CRUCIAL TO PREVENT SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS KIDNEY OR LIVER

DAMAGE