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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 2

Risk factors for developing illness, univariate analysisa

Exposure % Ill (n=80) % Not ill (n=109) RR 95% CI p value
Swimming in Segama River
 57
 28
 2.0
 1.3 to 3.1
 0.002
Swallowing river water
 45
 21
 1.8
 1.2 to 2.9
 0.008
Kayaking
 95
 78
 3.3
 1.2 to 9.0
 0.02
Spelunking 87 68 2.2 1.1 to 4.2 0.02

aRR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval.

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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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