title: Risk factors for leptospirosis in metropolitan France: results of a national case-control study, 1999-2000.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nardone
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Capek
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baranton
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Campèse
authors.forename: Danièle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Postic
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liénard
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Desenclos
mesh_terms: 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