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... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections > Spirochaetales Infections > Leptospirosis > Weil Disease

Preferred term

Weil Disease  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Disease, Weil's
  • Icterohemorrhagic Leptospirosis
  • Jaundice, Spirochetal
  • Leptospirosis, Icterohemorrhagic
  • Spirochetal Jaundice
  • Weil's Disease
  • Weils Disease

Note

  • if not caused by LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE, coord IM with specific Leptospira interrogans serovar (IM) or LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS (IM)

Scope note

  • A severe form of LEPTOSPIROSIS, usually caused by LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE and occasionally other serovars. It is transmitted to humans by the rat and is characterized by hemorrhagic and renal symptoms with accompanying JAUNDICE.

History note

  • 2003 (1963)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014895

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