Homeless encampment at center of health alert over rat-borne disease

Health officials are warning of a dangerous bacterial infection that has been detected at a homeless encampment in Berkeley, California.

Leptospirosis, which is caused by Leptospira bacteria, is a zoonotic infection that can be passed from animals to people.

The disease has been confirmed in multiple rats and dogs at the homeless encampments along Harrison Street near Eighth Street in West Berkeley, according to an alert from City of Berkeley Public Health.

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