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Volume 17, Number 9—September 2011
Research

Leptospirosis as Frequent Cause of Acute Febrile Illness in Southern Sri Lanka

Megan E. RellerComments to Author , Champika Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikara-Arachichi, John J. Strouse, Judith E. Flom, J. Stephen Dumler, and Christopher W. Woods
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (M.E. Reller, J.J. Strouse, J.S. Dumler); University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka (C. Bodinayake, A. Nagahawatte, V. Devasiri, W. Kodikara-Arachichi); Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore (J.E. Flom); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA (C.W. Woods)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of febrile patients with acute or past leptospirosis versus those who had neither acute nor past leptospirosis, southern Sri Lanka, 2007*

Demographic characteristic % With acute or past leptospirosis, n = 361 % With neither acute nor past leptospirosis, n = 412 p value
Median age, y (IQR) 32 (20–46) 27 (16–47) 0.02
Male sex
 60
 64
 0.14
Residence
Urban 8 9 0.88
Rural
 92
 91
Type of work <0.0005
Home 27 25
Laborer 26 21
Farmer 6 1
Merchant 2 4
Student 20 25
Other
 20†
 24
Animal exposures
Dog 57† 54 0.43
Rodent 27 30 0.35
Cow
 7
 4†
 0.13
Swim/bathe/wade
None 66 82 <0.0005
River 14 11
Paddy field 19 4
Other
 2‡
 3
Water source 0.001
Tap 31 33
Boiled 6 14
Well 63 52
Other 0.3 1

*IQR, interquartile range.
†Does not add to 100% due to rounding.
‡Adds to >100% due to multiple exposures.

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