Table 4

The effect of risk factors on reinfection lice after eradication*.

Risk factor
Number of herds (n = 28)
Result 15–18 months after the eradication
Relative risk
p-value Fisher's exact test One tailed







Free
Lice Present



Purchase of livestock or use of common pasture
20
12
8
1.41 (0.93 – 2.13)
0.17
Identified failure in precautions for livestock
9
2
7
5.25 (1.44 – 19.11)
0.005
Identified failure in precautions for persons
28
19
9
-
-

*The analysis was based on herds which succeeded with the eradication from both the pilot group and the main group.

Nafstad and Grønstøl Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2001 42:81   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-42-81