Prof. Scott Weese was interviewed for a Sept. 21 Global News story about a reported increase in the bacterial disease leptospirosis in dogs in southern Ontario.

Weese, a professor in the Department of Pathobiology at U of G, explained that leptospirosis affects humans and many animals and is spread through contact with water, soil or food contaminated by urine from infected animals. In more severe cases, it can lead to kidney and liver failure, he explained.

He researches emerging infectious diseases in animals, bacterial infections in animals and humans, and infection control in animals and humans.