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3446001

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
The degree of leptospirosis risk was investigated in 80 sewer and 120 public cleansing workers. They were interviewed and their serum samples tested for the presence of leptospiral antibodies by the sensitised erythrocyte lysis (SEL) test. Another 100 control subjects matched by sex, age and ethnic group were similarly studied. The study subjects had higher seroprevalence than the controls--over six times higher for SEL titres of greater than 1:100 and over 1.5 times for titres of greater than 1:25. The highest seroprevalence was found in workers cleaning wet markets and food centres. There was no significant correlation between the prevalence of positive titres and symptom prevalence or hospitalisation. Five of the study subjects (all sewer workers) gave a history of jaundice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0304-4602
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
586-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Leptospirosis risk in public cleansing and sewer workers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Industrial Health, Ministry of Labour, Singapore.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article