ILOILO --- The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has warned the public, especially farmers, against leptospirosis after cases went up by close to 300 percent in the first six months of the year. Iloilo recorded 107 leptospirosis cases with two deaths from January to June 24, or 296 higher than the 27 cases recorded over the same period last year. Rodney Labis of the IPHO attributed the rise of the cases to wading in farms and flood waters, especially that it had been raining in Iloilo in the past weeks. He said leptospirosis, which is caused by leptospira bacteria, could be acquired through direct contact with urine, blood, or tissue of an infected animal. "Contact c...Keep on reading: Leptospirosis cases in Iloilo up by 296 percent