Bacterial Disease

Flood cleanup may have led to another case of bacterial disease

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, December 28th, 2004

Hawaii state health officials were investigating a possible second case of leptospirosis associated with October 30 [2004] flooding in Manoa Valley.

The person who participated in cleanup efforts was examined but wasn't hospitalized, the Department of Health said December 7, 2004.

"The incubation period for leptospirosis is between 3 and 30 days," state epidemiologist Paul Effler said. "Since we are now outside that time period, we don't expect new cases stemming from the Manoa flooding."

The first case involved a University of Hawaii faculty member who helped clean up the medical school building after the flood.

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