According to the Health Ministry and the Epidemiology Unit sources, over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat ...

MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lond), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony. FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) (Specialist Consultant ...

A rat bite transmits the disease, but it cannot spread from person to person. Fever, vomiting, head and muscle pain, joint pain or swelling and rash are the main signs and symptoms of ...

For these are the early symptoms of rat fever or Mee Una (leptospirosis), warns Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Paba Palihawadana. Around 60% of those who contract rat fever have been engaged in some kind of ...

From January to December 18, 2024, 734 rat fever patients have been reported from the Galle District, with 8 of them ...

With six deaths reported and 58 more patients identified with leptospirosis disease, commonly known as ‘rat fever’ in Jaffna district alone, regional health authorities have stepped up urgent ...

The total number of rat fever deaths in the state since 2021 stands at 822, including suspected cases. In contrast, only 32 ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year, a senior official from the epidemiology unit of the ...

Colombo, December 11 (Daily Mirror) - The sudden fever currently spreading in the Jaffna district has not yet been identified, nor has it been confirmed as rat fever (leptospirosis), Acting ...