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Risk factors for indigenous campylobacter infection: a Swedish case-control study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2001

A. STUDAHL  and
Y. ANDERSSON
A. STUDAHL
Affiliation:
Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Borås, Sweden
Y. ANDERSSON
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Abstract

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A case-control study was conducted in western Sweden (Älvsborg County). The aim of the study was to identify any special food items or behaviours associated with an increased risk of contracting campylobacter infection. A total of 101 cases and 198 controls were matched for age, sex and district of residence. The following risk factors or risk behaviours were associated with campylobacter infection: drinking unpasteurized milk (OR 3·56, 95% CI 1·46–8·94), eating chicken (OR 2·29, 95% CI 1·29–4·23), or eating pork with bones (chops OR 2·02, 95% CI 1·17–3·64; loin of pork OR 1·83, 95% CI 1·07–3·12), barbecuing (OR 1·98, 95% CI 1·10–4·34), and living or working on a farm (farm OR 3·06, 95% CI 1·58–6·62, hen/chicken-breeder OR 3·32, 95% CI 1·56–6·78), daily contact with chickens or hens (OR 11·83, 95% CI 3·41–62·03).

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 125 , Issue 2 , October 2000 , pp. 269 - 275
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