Walking in water contaminated by animal urine is the most common way of acquiring the disease.
He said many products were available to mask human odor with smells ranging from animal urine to skunk scent.
The water was warm, tainted with sea salt, and musky with rotted mangroves so it tasted like animal urine.
Under the right conditions - high heat and humidity - the bacteria, which are shed in animal urine, can live on the ground for weeks or months.
You can minimize your risk by staying out of bodies of fresh water that may be contaminated by animal urine.
Neither did I: turns out it refers to "dried animal urine absorbed into chalky soil".
Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection transmitted by animal urine or excrement that seeps into food and water supplies.
L. interrogans is usually transmitted to humans through contact with infected animal urine, either directly or in water.
Leptospirosis is contracted by coming into contact with or swallowing water contaminated with animal urine.
