Ralf Reintjes*

, Isuf Dedushaj†, Ardiana Gjini‡, Tine Rikke Jorgensen§, Benvon Cotter¶, Alfons Lieftucht**, Fortunato D’Ancona¶, David T. Dennis††, Michael A. Kosoy, Gjyle Mulliqi-Osmani†, Roland Grunow‡‡, Ariana Kalaveshi†, Luljeta Gashi†, and Isme Humolli†
Author affiliations: *Institute of Public Health North Rhine-Westphalia, Munich, Germany; †Institute of Public Health, Pristina, Kosovo; ‡World Health Organization, Pristina, Kosovo; §World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark; §Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy; ¶#European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, Paris, France; **PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, United Kingdom; ††Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ‡‡German Reference Laboratory on Tularemia, Munich, Germany;
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Table 1
Household risk factors for tularemia determined by bivariate matched comparison of 46 case households and 76 control households, Kosovo, October 1999-May 2000
| Risk factor |
ORa |
95% CI |
p-value |
| Rodent feces in food storage |
3.6 |
1.1-9.8 |
0.01 |
| Large numbers of field mice near house |
2.6 |
0.6-6.3 |
0.2 |
| Piped water as water source |
2.0 |
0.1-176.8 |
0.4 |
| Personal well as water source |
1.4 |
0.3-4.0 |
0.5 |
| Well protected from rodents |
0.3 |
0.1-1.1 |
0.04 |
| Eating fresh vegetables |
0.2 |
0.02-0.9 |
0.02 |
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