From: Analysis of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome cluster in east China
Exposure factors | Case n = 3(%) | Control n = 46(%) | OR | 95%CI | P |
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Attending to the index patient’s funeral | 3 (100.00) | 28 (60.86) | 0.00 | -1 | 1.00 |
The poor ventilationt where the corpse was stored | 3 (100.00) | 24 (52.17) | 0.00 | -1 | 1.00 |
Talked face to face | 2 (66.67) | 20 (46.47) | 0.39 | 0.033–4.55 | 0.45 |
The index patient’s contaminated items | 3 (100.00) | 13(28.26) | 0.00 | -1 | 1.00 |
The index patient’s vomitus | 1 (33.33) | 0 (0.00) | 0.00 | -1 | 1.00 |
The index patient’s excreta | 1 (33.33) | 1 (2.17) | 0.044 | 0.002-1.00 | 0.50 |
The index patient’s blood or body fluids | 2 (66.67) | 7 (15.22) | 0.090 | 0.007–1.13 | 0.062 |
Rats in the households | 0 (0.00) | 4 (8.70) | 0.00 | -1 | 1.00 |
Domestic animals | 0 (0.00) | 7 (15.22) | 0.00 | -1 | 1.00 |
Weeds and shrubs in household | 0 (0.00) | 4 (8.70) | 0.00 | -1 | 1.00 |
Wild animals in household or working place | 0 (0.00) | 6 (13.04) | 0.00 | -1 | 1.00 |
Worked in the field | 1 (33.33) | 28 (60.87) | 0.37 | 0.027–3.81 | 0.32 |
Weeds and shrubs in workplace | 1 (33.33) | 23 (50.00) | 0.50 | 0.042–5.91 | 0.58 |