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However, few studies have identified infestation markers in slums and evaluated their predictivity for leptospirosis risk. We compared households with leptospirosis cases in Salvador, Brazil between 2007 and 2009 and their neighbors using a case control design, surveying for rodent infestation signs and environmental characteristics. With the 2007\u20132008 data, a conditional logistic regression modeling identified the peridomiciliar presence of rodent burrows (OR, 3.30; 95% CI, 1.50\u20137.26), rat feces (2.86; 1.24\u20136.59), runs (2.57; 1.06\u20136.22), households bordering abandoned houses (2.48; 1.04\u20136.02), and unplastered walls (2.22; 1.02\u20136.02) as risk factors and developed a predictive score for leptospirosis. 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