Rigoli E
Boll Ist Sieroter Milan. 1984 Jul 31;63(3):231-2.
The renewed interest in leptospirosis derives from the expansion of this infection which, broken out from its historical strictly professional role, now interests wider categories of the population, represented by frequenters of zones with water or swamp for sport or week-ends. A greater knowledge therefore is needed on the diffusion of leptospirosis and its epidemiology which is notoriously non-homogeneous and variable. The necessity for the meeting arose from this new reality, not sufficiently known, of this infection, and from the necessity to cover the national territory with reference centres coordinated by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and in the more general epidemiological picture promoted by the WHO.
对钩端螺旋体病重新产生的兴趣源于这种感染范围的扩大，它已从其历史上严格的职业性角色中突破出来，现在引起了更广泛人群的关注，这些人群以前往有水或沼泽地区进行运动或度周末的常客为代表。因此，需要更深入地了解钩端螺旋体病的传播及其流行病学情况，众所周知，其流行病学情况是不均匀且多变的。这次会议的必要性源于这种感染新出现的、尚未被充分了解的现实情况，以及在世卫组织推动的更广泛的流行病学图景下，由高等卫生研究院协调在全国范围内设立参考中心的必要性。
