leptospira
noun
any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
leptospiral
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a word derived from
leptospira.
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Closer to home for Americans, Fort Bragg fever was the name applied to a new leptospiral disease that broke out in the United States in the summer of 1942 and soon disappeared.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
