An outbreak of leptospirosis among reserve military recruits, Hulu Perdik, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Vasantha Kumari, Neela, Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir, Sither Joseph Vesudian, Narcisse Mary, Sekawi, Zamberi, Mustapha, Nooreen Farzana, Mohd-Taib, Farah Shafawati, Ishak, Siti Nabilah, Yusof, Muhammad Afif, Bashiru, Garba, Philip, Noraini, Ramli, Siti Nur Alia, Azhar, Natasya, Joseph, Narcisse
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80619/1/LEPTOS.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80619/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30680558/

Here, we investigated an outbreak of leptospirosis among reserve military recruits that occurred following a survival exercise in the Hulu Perdik forest within the Hulu Langat district, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Blood samples from the 12 patients that presented symptoms for febrile illness on clinical...