Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in children by age, gender, diarrhea or abdominal pain occurrence, animal contact, residency and locality

From: Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in children in Egypt

Variable	No. of samples	No. of positive (%)
		Cryptosporidium spp.	95% confidence interval		Giardia duodenalis	95% confidence interval
		Cryptosporidium spp.	Lower limit	Upper limit	Giardia duodenalis	Lower limit	Upper limit
Age
≤ 3 years	74	2 (2.7)	-0.009	0.063	7 (9.5)	0.028	0.161
4 years	141	3 (2.1)	-0.002	0.044	20 (14.2)	0.084	0.199
5 years	190	1 (0.5)	-0.005	0.015	26 (13.7)	0.088	0.185
6 years	136	2 (1.5)	-0.005	0.035	10 (7.4)	0.030	0.117
7years	27	0 (0.0)	0.000	0.000	3 (11.1)	-0.007	0.229
8 yeas	17	0 (0.0)	0.000	0.000	0 (0.0)	0.000	0.000
Gender
Female	289	3 (1.0)	-0.001	0.021	32 (11.1)	0.074	0.147
Male	296	5 (1.7)	0.002	0.031	34 (11.5)	0.078	0.151
Diarrhea occurrence
Yes	89	2 (2.3)	-0.008	0.054	17 (19.1)^a	0.109	0.272
No	496	6 (1.2)	0.002	0.021	49 (9.9)^a	0.72	0.125
Abdominal pain
Yes	351	7 (2.0)	0.005	0.034	38 (10.8)	0.075	0.140
No	234	1 (0.4)	-0.004	0.012	28 (12.0)	0.078	0.161
Animal contact
With	257	3 (1.2)	-0.001	0.025	27 (10.5)	0.067	0.142
Without	328	5 (1.5)	0.001	0.028	39 (11.9)	0.083	0.154
Residency
Rural	332	5 (1.5)	0.001	0.028	40 (12.1)	0.085	0.156
Urban	253	3 (1.2)	-0.001	0.025	26 (10.3)	0.065	0.140
Locality
El-Dakahlia	272	5 (1.8)	0.002	0.033	31 (11.4)	0.076	0.151
El-Gharbia	189	2 (1.1)	-0.003	0.025	24 (12.7)	0.079	0.174
Damietta	124	1 (0.8)	-0.007	0.023	11 (8.9)	0.038	0.139

^aThe difference between the two groups is significant

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