This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: All India exam, Subject name: Medicine
Freshwater swimming can lead to 
Select and explain. 
A. Brucellosis, B. Leptospirosis, C. Babesiosis, D. Lassa fever
B: Leptospirosis
Answer: B: Leptospirosis 
Explanation: Leptospirosis Leptospires excreted in urine and can survive in water for many months, water is an impoant vehicle in their transmissionBabesiosis Veical transmission, blood transfusion, or tick bitebrucellosisOccupational or domestic exposure to infected animals or their products by ingestion, inhalation, or mucosal or percutaneous exposureLassa feverAerosols from infected rodents, capturing or eating these animals, close person to person contact(ref: Harrison's 18/e p1393)