Risk factors for leptospirosis in metropolitan France: results of a national case-control study, 1999-2000.
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.
Nardone
Anthony
A
Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France.
Capek
Isabelle
I
Baranton
Guy
G
Campèse
Christine
C
Postic
Danièle
D
Vaillant
Véronique
V
Liénard
Michel
M
Desenclos
Jean-Claude
JC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods