NSF death: Leptospirosis among the most common diseases transmittable from animals to humans

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SINGAPORE - Leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that killed a full-time national serviceman last year, may not be well-known to the general public but is one of the most common infections that can be transmitted from animals to humans.

But the number of cases involving humans infected by leptospirosis is small in Singapore.

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