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Table 1 General and occupational characteristics according to the questionnaires in the studied population based on job category

From: Seroprevalence of vector-borne pathogens in outdoor workers from southern Italy and associated occupational risk factors

Job category

Age (years) median (range)

Working seniority (years) median (range)

Female gender (%)a

Potential occupational tick exposure (%)a

Tick bites at work: lifetime/previous year (%)a

Ticks on clothes at work: lifetime/previous year (%)a

Work area: lowland/mountain (%)a

Work area: wetland (%)a

Occupational contact with animals (%)a

Forestry workers (n = 31)

41.0 (26–68)

10.0 (2–35)

32.2

100.0

80.7/41.9

74.2/54.5

0.0/83.8

93.5

25.0

Farmers (n = 31)

46.5 (23–71)

15.0 (1–30)

9.3

100.0

100.0/74.1

90.3/77.5

6.4/96.7

96.7

93.5

Veterinarians (n = 44)

42.5 (25–69)

11.0 (1–30)

40.9

86.4

27.3/6.8

34.1/18.8

31.8/11.3

40.9

100.0

Geologists/Agronomists (n = 30)

53.0 (26–64)

20.0 (1–32)

30.0

86.7

36.7/10.0

40.0/23.3

40.0/43.3

73.3

10.0

Administrative employees (n = 34)

49.5 (27–66)

15.0 (1–32)

67.6

0.0

0.0/0.0

0.0/0.0

73.5/0.0

0.0

0.0

Total (n = 170)

47.0 (23–71)

14.5(1–35)

37.1

78.2

47.0/23.5

46.4/37.0

32.2/46.5

58.0

49.4

  1. aP < 0.001