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- Title
Risk Factors for Leptospirosis in Metropolitan France: Results of a National Case-Control Study, 1999-2000.
- Authors
Nardone, Anthony; Capek, Isabelle; Baranton, Guy; Campèse, Christine; Postic, Danièle; Vaillant, Véronique; Liénard, Michel; Desenclos, Jean-Claude
- Abstract
Risk factors for leptospirosis in France were investigated to improve the vaccination program for this disease. Data from 90 hospitalized case patients and 169 matched control subjects were analyzed in a case-control study. Skin lesions, canoeing, contact with wild rodents, and country residence were independently associated with leptospirosis, emphasizing that leisure activity is a risk factor for this illness.
- Subjects
FRANCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; VACCINATION; SPIROCHAETOSIS; HOSPITAL care; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; CANOES &; canoeing
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004, Vol 39, Issue 5, p751
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/423272