Why is Kerala facing high leptospirosis mortality? | Explained
Kerala is experiencing a high mortality rate from leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease that surges during the monsoon season due to the state's unique environmental conditions. Health officials attribute the high reported numbers to better surveillance and diagnostic logging compared to other endemic regions.
The story so far: Leptospirosis is a tropical zoonotic disease — bacterial systemic infection caused by pathogenic Leptospira — which is highly integrated with an environment in which both humans and animals thrive. The disease, which began to be reported in Kerala since 1989, has been endemic in the State since the last three decades or more and has now become the communicable disease with the highest mortality profile.
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