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 2
Risk factors for tularemia determined by conditional logistic regression in a matched comparison of 46 case households and 76 control households, Kosovo, October 1999-May 2000
| Variable |
ORa |
95% CI |
p value |
| Rodent feces in food storage |
5.8 |
1.5-22.2 |
0.01 |
| Large numbers of field mice near house |
5.7 |
1.1-28.7 |
0.04 |
| Well protected from rodents |
0.2 |
0.02-0.99 |
0.04 |
| Eating fresh vegetables |
0.1 |
0.01-0.80 |
0.03 |
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