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Table 1 Univariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with Orientia infection among 153 rodents captured on Chiloé Island

From: Hosts and vectors of scrub typhus in Chile: epidemiological study and molecular analyses of Orientia infection in rodents and rodent-associated mites

Risk factor

N

Orientia infection

n

%

95% CI

Odds ratio

P-value

Study site

 No. 6

19

3

15.8

5.7–37.9

1.00

 

 No. 5

53

6

11.3

5.4–22.6

0.68

0.615

 No. 4

28

13

46.4

29.5–64.3

4.62

0.037*

 No. 3

25

10

40.0

23.4–59.4

3.56

0.091

 No. 2

23

6

26.1

12.6–47.1

1.88

0.422

 No. 1

5

0

0.0

0.0–45.9

NA

0.989

Rodent species

 Abrothrix olivacea

110

31

28.2

20.6–37.2

1.00

 

 Irenomys tarsalis

23

5

21.7

9.8–42.2

0.71

0.529

 Geoxus valdivianus

6

0

0.0

0.0–41.0

NA

0.992

 Rattus norvegicus

2

1

50.0

9.4–90.6

2.55

0.513

 Abrothrix sanborni

7

1

14.3

3.2–52.7

0.42

0.437

 Loxodontomys micropus

2

0

0.0

0.0–70.8

NA

0.995

 Oligoryzomys longicaudatus

1

0

0.0

0.0–84.2

NA

0.997

 Missing data

2

0

0.0

   

Rodent sex

 Female

21

5

23.8

10.7–45.4

1.00

 

 Male

132

33

25.0

18.4–33.0

1.07

0.882

Rodent age

      

 Juvenile

89

22

24.7

16.9–34.6

1.00

 

 Adult

64

16

25.0

16.0–36.9

1.02

0.968

Mite infestationa

 Without

60

15

25.0

15.8–37.3

1.00

 

 Any trombiculid

93

23

24.7

17.1–34.4

0.99

0.970

  1. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; NA, not applicable
  2. aFurther details of trombiculid species and infection rates can be found in Tables 1 and 2, Acosta-Jamett G et al. [9]
  3. *Statistically significant