Considerations on the new epidemic outbreak of human leptospirosis in greater recife, brasil, in 1975

Abstract— A brief report was presented on a new outbreak of leptospirosis among the population of Greater Recife in 1975 in the wake of the floods that struck the city and its survivors in July of that year. A total of 107 cases were recorded, of which 105 were identified by sero-agglutination and 2 by hemoculture. Once again the serotype icterohaemorrhagiae was the predominant etiological agent, having been found in 55 cases, followed by ballum in 18, grippotyphosa in 9, and pyrogenes in 8 cases.