Importance of leptospirosis for human and animal health, present condition, problems and solution proposals in Turkey and the World

Considering the fact that a major part of emerging diseases in humans are caused by animals and that animal health directly affects human health and animal products are undisputedly necessary in human nutrition, it is concluded that human health depends on animal health. Leptospirosis, commonly present in many domestic and wild animals in the world, caused by more than 250 pathogenic serotypes, is an important zoonotic bacterial disease that causes economic losses of breeders, negatively affects sustainable livestock production, and threatens public health. Human leptospirosis is acquired by contact with environmental sources such as water or soil, directly or indirectly contact with infected animals such as wild, livestock or pet animals, or occupational exposure. For this reason, prevention of infection in humans and its control depends on breaking of this contact chain and control of infection in animal reservoirs and its elimination. In this presentation context, with the specified reasons, concise knowledge was given on problems, actions to be taken, and solution proposals for prevention of leptospirosis, by tabularizing leptospirosis data in humans and animals in the recent years related to our country and border countries, including European countries, and the world countries.