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Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013
Research

Populations at Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, France

Martine Piarroux, Renaud Piarroux, Jenny Knapp, Karine Bardonnet, Jérôme Dumortier, Jérôme Watelet, Alain Gerard, Jean Beytout, Armand Abergel, Solange Bresson-Hadni, Jean GaudartComments to Author , and for the FrancEchino Surveillance Network
Author affiliations: Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (M. Piarroux, R. Piarroux, J. Gaudart); University College London, London, UK (J. Gaudart); Franche-Comté University–University Hospital, Besançon, France (K. Bardonnet, J. Knapp, S. Bresson-Hadni); University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France (A, Abergel, J. Beytout); Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France (J. Dumortier); University Hospital Nancy, Nancy, France (A. Gerard, J. Watelet)

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Table 1

Univariate analysis of studied behavior and area of living and risk for alveolar echinococcosis, France, 1982–2007*

Variable Lived in DAR
 Lived outside DARs
No. (%) patients No. (%) controls OR (95% CI) p value No. (%) patients No. (%) controls OR (95% CI) p value
Total no. 164 92 16 474
Had agricultural occupation 62 (38) 7 (8) 7.33 (3.13–20.00) <0.001 1 (6) 23 (5) 1.31 (0.03–9.25) 0.558
Had kitchen garden 152 (93) 64 (70) 5.50 (2.52–12.66) <0.001 14 (88) 292 (62) 4.35 (0.98–39.90) 0.037
Lived in rural/urban commune 105 (64) 27 (29) 4.26 (2.39–7.75) <0.001 3 (19) 114 (24) 0.73 (0.13–2.72) 0.772
Had dog 133 (81) 56 (61) 2.75 (1.49–5.09) <0.001 13 (81) 297 (63) 2.58 (0.70–14.30) 0.187
Handled fox 50 (30) 12 (13) 2.91 (1.42–6.41) 0.002 3 (19) 64 (14) 1.48 (0.26–5.58) 0.469
Ate raw wild salads 128 (78) 61 (66) 1.80 (0.98–3.31) 0.054 10 (63) 249 (53) 1.50 (0.49–5.12) 0.459
Went hunting 28 (17) 15 (16) 1.06 (0.51–2.27) 1 2 (13) 65 (14) 0.90 (0.10–4.06) 1
Ate raw wild berries 149 (91) 84 (91) 0.95 (0.33–2.50) 1 15 (94) 430 (91) 1.53 (0.23–66.05) 1

*DAR, département (second largest administrative area in France) located in at-risk areas; OR, crude odds ratio; commune, smallest administrative unit in France. Boldface indicates statistical significance.

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1Additional members of the FrancEchino Network who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.

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