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Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023
Research

Environmental, Occupational, and Demographic Risk Factors for Clinical Scrub Typhus, Bhutan

Tandin ZangpoComments to Author , Yoenten Phuentshok, Kezang Dorji, Chencho Dorjee, Sithar Dorjee, Peter Jolly, Roger Morris, Nelly Marquetoux, and Joanna McKenzie
Author affiliations: Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan (T. Zangpo, Y. Phuentshok, K. Dorji, C. Dorjee, S. Dorjee); Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (T. Zangpo, Y. Phuentshok, K. Dorji, P. Jolly, N. Marquetoux, J. McKenzie); Ministry of Health, Thimphu (T. Zangpo, K. Dorji); World Organisation for Animal Health, Paris, France (Y. Phuentshok); Morvet Ltd, Masterton, New Zealand (R. Morris)

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Table 1

Distribution of occupation and sex for confirmed case-patients and controls in a study of risk factors for clinical scrub typhus in disease-endemic areas, Bhutan, 2015

Variable No. (%) controls No. (%) case-patients Total
Occupation
Farmer 108 (53) 39 (50) 147
Housewife 34 (17) 4 (5) 38
Preschool/student 20 (10) 23 (29) 43
Civil servant/military 19 (9) 2 (3) 21
Corporate/private sector 12 (6) 4 (5) 16
Construction worker 9 (4) 2 (3) 11
Monk/nun
 3 (1)
 4 (5)
 7
Sex
F 126 (61) 40 (51) 166
M 79 (39) 38 (49) 117

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