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10.3390/ijerph13010058
Title: | Legionella pneumophila seropositivity-associated factors in latvian blood donors |
Authors: | Valciņa, Olga Pūle, Daina Lucenko, Irina Krastiņa, Dita Šteingolde, Žanete Krūmiņa, Angelika Bērziņš, Aivars Department of Infectology |
Keywords: | Blood donors;Legionella pneumophila;Seroprevalence;3.3 Health sciences;1.5 Earth and related Environmental sciences;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health;Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis;SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being |
Issue Date: | 22-Dec-2015 |
Citation: | Valciņa , O , Pūle , D , Lucenko , I , Krastiņa , D , Šteingolde , Ž , Krūmiņa , A & Bērziņš , A 2015 , ' Legionella pneumophila seropositivity-associated factors in latvian blood donors ' , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 13 , no. 1 , 58 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010058 |
Abstract: | Continuous environmental exposure of humans to Legionella may induce immune responses and generation of antibodies. The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of Legionella pneumophila serogroups (SG) 1–6 in the general healthy population and identify the associated host-related and environmental risk factors. L. pneumophila SG 1–6 seroprevalence among a total of 2007 blood samples collected from healthy donors was 4.8%. Seroprevalence was higher in women (5.9%) than men (3.3%) and in areas with a larger number of inhabitants, ranging from 3.5% in rural regions to 6.8% in the capital, Riga. Blood samples from inhabitants of apartment buildings tested positive for L. pneumophila in more cases (5.8%) compared to those from inhabitants of single-family homes (2.7%). Residents of buildings with a municipal hot water supply system were more likely to be seropositive for L. pneumophila (OR = 3.16, 95% CI 1.26–7.91). Previous episodes of fever were additionally identified as a risk factor (OR = 2.42, 95% CI 1.43–4.1). In conclusion, centralized hot water supply, female gender and previous episodes of fever were determined as the main factors associated with L. pneumophila seropositivity in our study population. |
Description: | Publisher Copyright: © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph13010058 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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