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ArticleCureus2026

Urban Leptospiral Meningoencephalitis Associated With Bottle Recycling: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Abeer Qasim, Saran Lal Ajai Mokan Dasan, Venkata Sri Ramani Peesapati, Abhishrut P Jog, Hammad Ashraf, Misbahuddin Khaja

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Abeer QasimInternal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York, USA.
Saran Lal Ajai Mokan DasanInternal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York, USA.
Venkata Sri Ramani PeesapatiInternal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York, USA.
Abhishrut P JogInternal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York, USA.
Hammad AshrafInternal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York, USA.
Misbahuddin KhajaInternal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a preventable zoonotic infection that can present with a broad spectrum of clinical features, ranging from mild flu-like illness to severe multi-organ dysfunction. Meningitis caused by

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bottle recyclingleptospirosismeningitispublic health concernrodent exposure

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PMID42416962
PMCPMC13340643

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