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Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003

Research

Leptospirosis in “Eco-Challenge” Athletes, Malaysian Borneo, 2000

James Sejvar*Comments to Author , Elizabeth Bancroft*†, Kevin Winthrop*†, Julie Bettinger*, Mary Bajani*, Sandra Bragg*, Kathleen Shutt*, Robyn Kaiser*, Nina Marano*, Tanja Popovic*, Jordan Tappero*, David Ashford*, Laurene Mascola‡, Duc Vugia†, Bradley Perkins*, Nancy Rosenstein*, and the Eco-Challenge Investigation Team
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California, USA; ‡Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Table 1

Self-reported clinical symptoms in Eco-Challenge athletes

Symptom % (n=189)
Chills
 50
Muscle aches
 50
Fever
 49
Headache
 47
Diarrhea
 33
Joint aches
 30
Calf/leg pain
 30
Red eyes 22

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1Presented in part at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Houston, Texas, October 29–November 2, 2000.

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