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Q: My daughter returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic and several of the people on the trip began having flu-like symptoms. One of the girls was evaluated for leptospirosis. What is this, and should I be concerned?A: Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection caused by one of nine of the 21 subtypes of the bacteria Leptospira (only nine of these cause disease in humans).