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The Ministry of Health for Peru has reported an outbreak of leptospirosis in the San Martin Region in the north of the country. A total of 66 cases have been identified, the majority of which have been reported in the city of Juanjui, capital of the Mariscal Caceres Province.
The Ministry of Health has a team in the affected area monitoring the situation and coordinating with the regional and local authorities on the measures to be taken to control the outbreak.
Advice for Travellers
Leptospirosis is caused by contact with fresh water, wet soil, or vegetation that has been contaminated by urine of animals that are chronically infected. The infection is transmitted through unhealed breaks in the skin, the eyes, or the mucous membranes. Leptospirosis occurs worldwide and frequently follows flooding after heavy rains.
