Recurrent scourge
kerala is once again in the grip of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever. According to P K Sivaraman additional director, ministry of health, Kerala, though 1,621 cases of the disease have been reported from different parts of the state this year, only 68 have been confirmed till now.
Leptospirosis, which is characterised by high fever and renal failure spreads from the causal organism