Leptospirosis in zoo workers associated with bears.
Leptospirosis due to Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae was diagnosed in two zoo animal keepers. The implicated source of infection was bear cubs that had microscopic agglutination antibody titers to leptospires of the Icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000382:microbiology*; D002335:Carnivora / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D001503:Ursidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary