Sero-prevalence and risk factors for leptospirosis in abattoir workers in New Zealand

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1756-1775

  Dreyfus, Anou ^a,b   Benschop, Jackie ^a   Collins Emerson, Julie ^a   Wilson, Peter ^a   Baker, Michael G ^c   Heuer, Cord ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Leptospira borgpetersenii sv. hardjobovis; Leptospira interrogans sv. pomona; Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination test; Sero prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BEEF; DEER; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP;

EID: 84893623632     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110201756     Document Type: Article

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