Weil's disease

Doctors said he had suspected leptospirosis, also called Weil's disease.

"And some river water can carry things like Weil's disease."

Weil's disease, which is usually spread by animal urine, can be washed into rivers in rural communities.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday that Dr. Scott Miscovich, a family medicine physician in Kaneohe, was alarmed after treating both men for Weil’s disease, a severe type of leptospirosis that can cause organ failure and death.

Miscovich alerted the state Health Department after laboratory tests came back positive for Weil’s disease.