A case-control study of agricultural and behavioral factors associated with leptospirosis in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Leptospirosis is a neglected disease in Vietnam. Until now, there has been limited knowledge about risk factors of this disease in Vietnam. The study was carried out to identify agricultural and behavioral factors associated with the transmission of leptospirosis in Vietnam.

Methods

This matched retrospective hospital-community-based case-control study was conducted from 1 October 2018 to 31 October 2019. We recruited cases from 11 selected government hospitals in three provinces of Vietnam, while controls were selected from the same communes of cases and matched by age (± 2 years) and sex. Microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were applied to determine confirmed cases, while only MAT was used to identify controls wit

SUBMITTER: Dung LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9245206 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature