Abstract
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic infectious disease whose etiologic agent is the spirocheteLeptospira spp. which has more than 260 serovars and 23 serogroups. The bacteriumhas different hosts, mainly wild and synanthropic rodents, dogs, cattle and pigs, withhumans as accidental hosts. Its occurrence is mainly associated with favorableenvironmental conditions for the bacteria to be carried, as …