As doctors dole out advice on the precautions to be taken to stay healthy, they also add: Take care of your pets!

If not appropriately inoculated, your pet might actually transmit bacteria to humans. So whatever precaution you take, remember to give the animals a shot protecting them against leptospirosis.

leptospirosis which is a zoonotic disease transmitted by animals to humans , can be mistaken for many other diseases, including jaundice, flu, conjunctivitis thereby delaying diagnosis and treatment .Their is a five percent chance of death if leptospirosis remains untreated and no human vaccine exists as of now . Leptospirosis, the bacteria enters the body through abrasions in the foot and enters the blood stream, traveling to the kidney and liver .kidney and liver failure are the likely complications. We need to create awareness among the public and professionals of the disease and need an early detection.