Seroprevalence of Asymptomatic Leishmania donovani among Laborers and Associated Risk Factors in Agricultural Camps of West Armachiho District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Bivariable logistic regression of risk factors in relation to the seroprevalence of asymptomatic Leishmania donovani.
Seroprevalence of L. donovani
Statistics
Variables
Pos (%)
Neg (%)
COR (95% CI)
p value
A. Behavioral risk factors
1. Sleeping habit
Indoor
4 (4.8)
80 (95.2)
1.00
In agricultural fields
4 (18.2)
18 (81.8)
4.44 (1.01-19.47)
0.04
Subshelter
6 (7.6)
73 (92.4)
1.64 (0.44-6.05)
0.45
2. Sleeping under Balanites trees
Yes
9 (12.9)
61 (87.1)
3.24 (1.04-10.12)
0.04
No
5 (4.3)
110 (95.7)
3. Travel history to other VL endemic areas
Yes
9 (12.7)
62 (87.3)
3.16 (1.01-9.86)
0.04
No
5 (4.4)
109 (95.6)
4. Knows about transmission of VL
No
8 (13.8)
50 (86.2)
3.22 (1.06-9.77)
0.03
Yes
6 (4.7)
121 (95.3)
B. Household and environmental risk factors
1. Presence of crack-black cotton soil near sleeping place
Yes
7 (14.6)
41 (85.4)
3.17 (1.05-9.57)
0.04
No
7 (5.1)
130 (94.9)
2. Presence of domestic animals near sleeping place
