Risk factor dependent Giardia infection in percent | ||||||||
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(Number of Giardia cases: positive/total) | ||||||||
(95% confidence interval) | ||||||||
Gender | Residency | Contact with animals | Source of water | |||||
Male | Female | Village | City | Contact | No contact | Underground | Tap | |
Copro-antigen test | 9.5 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 5.0* | 9.0* |
(8/84) | (5/81) | (7/82) | (6/83) | (10/108) | (3/57) | (3/57) | (10/108) | |
(4.5–17.3) | (2.3–13.2) | (3.8–16.2) | (2.9-14.4) | (4.8–15.9) | (1.4–13.7) | (1.4–13.7) | (4.8–15.9) | |
Real time PCR assay | 22.6 | 19.8 | 23.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 11.0+ | 27.0+ |
(19/84) | (16/81) | (19/82) | (16/83) | (23/108) | (12/57) | (6/57) | (29/108) | |
(14.6–32.5) | (12.2–29.5) | (15–33.2) | (11.9–28.8) | (14.4–29.8) | (11.9–33) | (4.4–20.6) | (19–35.8) |