Strengthening public health by understanding the epidemiology of rodent-borne diseases (RoBoPub consortium) Subproject 8 at the Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony, Risk factors and seroprevalence in forestry workers

Strengthening public health by understanding the epidemiology of rodent-borne diseases (RoBoPub consortium) Subproject 8 at the Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony, Risk factors and seroprevalence in forestry workers - RoBoPub - TP1

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00014812

Enrollment

800

Registered

2018-06-21

Start date

2018-07-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hantavirus, Leptospira ssp.

Interventions

Group 1: Cases: IgG antibodies against hantavirus or leptospira, Onetime survey on risk factors for infection (identical in case- and control group) Group 2: Controls: No IgG antibodies against hantav

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Employees in forestry in Lower Saxony, who participated in a previous study of the Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony on FSME and echinococcosis and who agreed in 2016 that their blood was analysed for IgG against hantavirus and leptospira

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: younger than 18 years or insufficient knowledge of German language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Odds Ratio or relative risik for association between risk factors and hantavirus/leptospira IgG antibodies; point estimator with confidence intervals	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of antibodies, prevalence of antibodies in different regions, prevalence of knowledge, proportion of participants with positive IgG but without corresponding diagnosis; point estimator and confidence intervals, compariso with literature	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJohannes Dreesman

Nds. Landesgesundheitsamt

johannes.dreesman@nlga.niedersachsen.de0511-4505-200

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026