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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
NameTimeMethod
Odds Ratio or relative risik for association between risk factors and hantavirus/leptospira IgG antibodies; point estimator with confidence intervals<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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>
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