swineherd's disease
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leptospirosis, manifested as a benign meningitis, caused by serovariants of Leptospira interrogans; it affects people who work with swine or pork or come in contact with the urine of animal or human carriers.
swine·herd's dis·ease
a leptospirosis caused by a leptospira occurring in those who take care of pigs or are occupied in the slaughtering or processing of pork; characterized by aches and pains throughout the body, fever, headache, dizziness, and nausea.