Via The Star :
" PETALING JAYA: The number of leptospirosis infections, a rat-borne disease, has been steadily increasing over the last five years.
According to the Health Ministry, there were 263 deaths because of the disease in 2004 compared with 1,418 cases last year.
The ministry’s disease control division director Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said there was increased awareness and reporting of the cases.
“The incidence of leptospirosis is five per 100,000 population in 2009 compared with 136.89 per 100,000 population for dengue,” he said in an e-mail reply to queries from The Star.
Dr Lokman confirmed that the leptospirosis incident in Lubuk Yu near Maran, Pahang in June was an outbreak."
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