A brief review of progress in chemotherapy using leptospirosis as a model.

In searching for someone to chair this section on progress in chemotherapy of wildlife and domestic animals, our chairman selected a leptospirologist. It was a logical choice, I believe, for two reasons. First, leptospirosis occurs in a great variety of rodents and both wild and domestic animals, and therefore constitutes a rather constant danger to those of us who work with animals.’ And secondly, progress in leptospirosis chemotherapy or the lack of it, can be used to illustrate some goals, some techniques, as well as some of the problems that still exist.