Seroprevalence of Leptospirosis in High Risk Groups in Calicut, North Kerala, India

area.Rapid urbanization and man-made eco-environmental disturbances observed in Calicut in the past two decades like creation of bunds, construction of houses in continuous fashion, construction of roads with inadequate drainage system and discontinuation of water transport system may have contributed to water logging condition vis-a-vis increase in the number of cases of leptospirosis in this region.Intermittent rains and repeated flooding of rodent nests lead to the contamination of surface water and paddy fields.Leptospirosis occurs mainly by cutaneous exposure of the legs while walking in stagnant water or moist soil.This implies that leptospires multiplied in those areas where water remained stagnant for a period of two to three days after the rains.Most people wore rubber chappals or walked bare foot during the www.ijmm.org