In article , Kate Morgan
writes
snip
Whatever you do, wear gloves. A friend of ours has just very recently
contracted Weil's disease from the stream in their garden and has been
deathly ill.
I am sorry to hear that, what a dreadful thing to happen. I have been
working in the barn all afternoon and I know that we do have rats around
the place - we are rural - I dont usually worry about Weils disease but
I am off to bath and change right now.

I suppose this is a good point to say that the Weils disease site that
has been quoted widely in urg has now moved (since the caving site that
hosted it has closed down) - you can now find food advice on Weil's
disease and the causative organism leptospirosis at

http://www.leptospirosis.org/
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"