Strengthening public health by understanding the epidemiology of rodent-borne diseases (RoBoPub consortium)Subproject 8 at the Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony,Risk factors and seroprevalence in forestry workers
- Conditions
- Hantavirus, Leptospira ssp.
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014812
- Lead Sponsor
- ds. Landesgesundheitsamt
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 601
Inclusion Criteria
Employees in forestry in Lower Saxony, who participated in a previous study of the Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony on FSME and echinococcosis and who agreed in 2016 that their blood was analysed for IgG against hantavirus and leptospira
Exclusion Criteria
younger than 18 years or insufficient knowledge of German language
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Odds Ratio or relative risik for association between risk factors and hantavirus/leptospira IgG antibodies; point estimator with confidence intervals<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prevalence of antibodies, prevalence of antibodies in different regions, prevalence of knowledge, proportion of participants with positive IgG but without corresponding diagnosis; point estimator and confidence intervals, compariso with literature<br>