Leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that killed full-time national serviceman Nigel Loh last year, is among the most common infections transmittable from animals to humans.
From 2012 till the end of last year, there were 289 documented cases of leptospirosis, of which nine were Singapore Armed Forces servicemen, said the Ministry of Defence (Mindef).
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