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To compare disease severity, patients were classified according to established independent risk factors for fatal outcome. Although severe leptospirosis (i.e., presence of \u2265 1 independent risk factors for death) occurred in similar proportions of imported (67%) and autochthonous (86%) infections (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.1), imported cases were significantly fewer icteric (13% versus 69%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.0001). 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