In Victoria, the most common serovar is Leptospira borgpetersenii var hardjo. Clinical Features Clinical features include fever, headache, chills, myalgia and red eyes.
Clinical illness lasts a few days to three weeks or more.
Recovery, if untreated, may take months. It is a zoonotic disease that needs exposure to water contaminated by animal urine, or contact with tissues or urine of infected animals. It is an occupational hazard for farmers, sewer workers, miners, dairy and abattoir workers and sh workers, and a recreational hazard to bathers, campers and sportsmen. Many cases have arisen in herringbone-style milking sheds. Method of Diagnosis See checklist at the end of this section.