Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis is an infection that is caused by a bacteria, Leptospirainterrogans. It is primarily an infection of lower animals such as cattle, pigs, horses, dogs, rats and other rodents. It affects humans only occasionally.In their animal hosts, the leptospira bacteria rarely cause symptomatic disease. Hence, these animals often serve as healthy carriers of the infection.

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Your Cell Phone Is Dirtier Than a Toilet

According to Time, UK researchers swabbed 390 cellphones, along with the hands that used them, and they found that 16 percent of both were contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Which, unfortunately, comes from poop. The study also found that 92 percent of hands and 82 percent of mobile phones were contaminated by some sort of bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus

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