1. Leptospiral Exposure in Detroit Rodent Control Workers.
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Demers, Raymond Y., Frank, Robert, Demers, Paul, and Clay, Melvin
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LEPTOSPIROSIS , *LEPTOSPIROSIS diagnosis , *LEPTOSPIRA , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *RODENTS as carriers of disease , *SERODIAGNOSIS , *VETERINARY serology , *PATIENTS - Abstract
Abstract: Antibody levels to L. icterohemorrhagiae of rodent control workers and two control groups were compared with antibodies against five other leptospiral serotypes carried predominantly by species other than rats. Rodent control workers contact urban rats, 77 per ¢ of which are carriers of [eptospiral organisms. Rodent control workers had higher antibody levels against L. icterohemorrhagiae than control groups (OR 4.37, 99 per ¢ CI = 3.0. 6.3 and OR 11.08. 99 per ¢ CI = 5.6. 22). Antibodies against the other five serotypes were almost non-existent in the study group. (Am J Public Health 1985:75:1090-1091.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1985
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