Reemerging Leptospirosis, California
Elissa Meites*, Michele T. Jay†, Stanley Deresinski†‡, Wun-Ju Shieh§, Sherif R. Zaki§, Lucy Tompkins*, and D. Scott Smith*¶
Author affiliations: *Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA; †California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California, USA; ‡Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA; §Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ¶Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Redwood City, California, USA
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Table 1
Features of leptospirosis patients reported in California, 1982–2001
Exposure type |
% (n=61) |
Recreational
|
59
|
Occupational
|
16
|
Pet-related
|
10
|
Unknown
|
15
|
Sex
|
|
Male
|
77
|
Female
|
15
|
Unknown
|
8
|
Race
|
|
White
|
70
|
Hispanic
|
8
|
Black
|
2
|
Unknown
|
20
|
Age
|
|
0–20
|
10
|
21–40
|
67
|
41–60
|
13
|
60+
|
2
|
Unknown |
8 |
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