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Volume 32, Number 12—December 2026

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Leptospira Exposure in Urban River Surfers, Germany, 2024

Florian VoitComments to Author , David Schult-Hannemann, Laura Wagner, Johannes Ostermaier, Kaya Stollberg, Enno Luge, Peter Bahn, Alexa Dierig, Sabine Gleich, René Kist, Jens Eberle, René Dörfelt, Michele Bergmann, Katrin Hartmann, Marcel Lee, Sarah Mayr, Julia Ten-Pas, Johanna Erber, Fabian Schramm, Marcus Kosch, Melanie Mayr, Maximilian Steinhauser, Christoph D. Spinner, Bernhard Haller, Jochen Schneider, Julian Triebelhorn1, and Martin H. Richter1
Author affiliation: Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany (F. Voit, D. Schult-Hannemann, L. Wagner, J. Ostermaier, M. Lee, J. Ten-Pas, J. Erber, F. Schramm, M. Kosch, M. Mayr, M. Steinhauser, C.D. Spinner, B. Haller, J. Schneider, J. Triebelhorn); German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany (K. Stollberg, E. Luge, P. Bahn, M.H. Richter); Munich Public Health Department, Munich (A. Dierig, S. Gleich, J. Eberle); Deutscher Wetterdienst, Regionales Klimabüro München, Munich (R. Kist); Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich (R. Dörfelt, M. Bergmann, K. Hartmann); Asklepios Medical Center Bad Abbach, Germany (S. Mayr)

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Figure 3

Temporal occurrence of flooding events of the Isar River during 2000–2024 used for study of Leptospira exposure in urban river surfers, Germany, 2024. Flooding was defined as days with a water level >240 cm (alert level 1). Red arrows indicate periods during which Eisbach surfers were treated for severe leptospirosis as inpatients at Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health in Munich.

Figure 3. Temporal occurrence of flooding events of the Isar River during 2000–2024 used for study of Leptospira exposure in urban river surfers, Germany, 2024. Flooding was defined as days with a water level >240 cm (alert level 1). Red arrows indicate periods during which Eisbach surfers were treated for severe leptospirosis as inpatients at Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health in Munich.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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