И тут они заметили крыс
New York City has reported an increase in human cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that the city reports has been spread by rats.
In a late September advisory, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported that 14 cases of human leptospirosis had been identified this year, a number it said was more than the total number reported to the city's health department in any previous year.
Cases had been identified in all boroughs except Staten Island with "no obvious clustering."
Thirteen out of the 14 people were hospitalized with acute renal and hepatic failure and two of the patients reportedly also had severe pulmonary involvement.
One person died as a result of infection and all others were treated and discharged.
Three of those infected were reported to be experiencing homelessness and one person was traveling when infected.
Отсюда
Не, нам везет, что в городе нет бубонной чумы или хотя бы сыпняка (он, кстати, есть в Лос Анджелесе!), но с крысами что-то делать надо. Летом природа немного помогла - затопила метро и подвалы домов, несколько миллионов крыс таки утонуло, но это капля в море. Из 14 человек, заразившихся лептоспирозой от крыс, только трое были бомжами и только один умер.
In a late September advisory, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported that 14 cases of human leptospirosis had been identified this year, a number it said was more than the total number reported to the city's health department in any previous year.
Cases had been identified in all boroughs except Staten Island with "no obvious clustering."
Thirteen out of the 14 people were hospitalized with acute renal and hepatic failure and two of the patients reportedly also had severe pulmonary involvement.
One person died as a result of infection and all others were treated and discharged.
Three of those infected were reported to be experiencing homelessness and one person was traveling when infected.
Отсюда
Не, нам везет, что в городе нет бубонной чумы или хотя бы сыпняка (он, кстати, есть в Лос Анджелесе!), но с крысами что-то делать надо. Летом природа немного помогла - затопила метро и подвалы домов, несколько миллионов крыс таки утонуло, но это капля в море. Из 14 человек, заразившихся лептоспирозой от крыс, только трое были бомжами и только один умер.