Table 3.
Frequency of possible associated factors among human study participants from September 2022 to January 2024
| Associated factor Variables | Salmonella Isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive N (%) | Negative N (%) | Total N (%) | ||
| Contact with animals | Yes | 22 (44.9) | 93 (26.2) | 115 (28.5) |
| No | 27 (55.1) | 262 (73.8) | 289 (71.5) | |
| Consumption of raw egg | Yes | 1 (2.0) | 4 (1.1) | 5 (1.2) |
| No | 48 (98.0) | 351 (98.9) | 399 (98.8) | |
| Consumption of raw meat | Yes | 2 (4.1) | 13 (3.7) | 15 (3.7) |
| No | 47 (95.9) | 342 (96.3) | 389 (96.3) | |
| Consumption of raw dairy products | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 15 (4.2) | 15 (3.7) |
| No | 49 (100.0) | 340 (95.8) | 389 (96.3) | |
| Consumption of raw vegetables | Yes | 13 (26.5) | 74 (20.8) | 87 (21.5) |
| No | 36 (73.5) | 281 (79.2) | 317 (78.5) | |
| Contact with febrile individual | Yes | 6 (12.2) | 32 (9.0) | 38 (9.4) |
| No | 43 (87.8) | 323 (91.0) | 366 (90.6) | |
| Diarrheic patient at home | Yes | 8 (16.3) | 22 (6.2) | 30 (7.4) |
| No | 41 (83.7) | 333 (93.8) | 374 (92.6) | |
| Travel history for the last 7 days | Yes | 7 (14.3) | 38 (10.7) | 45 (11.1) |
| No | 42 (85.7) | 317 (89.3) | 359 (88.9) | |
| Drinking water supply | Pipe | 38 (77.6) | 298 (83.9) | 336 (83.2) |
| Surface water | 8 (16.3) | 29 (8.2) | 37 (9.2) | |
| Well | 3 (6.1) | 15 (4.2) | 18 (4.5) | |
| Hand-pump | 0 (0.0) | 12 (3.4) | 12 (3.0) | |
| River | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Comorbidity | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.7) | 6 (1.5) |
| No | 49 (100.0) | 349 (98.3) | 398 (98.5) | |
| Family size | < 3 | 7 (14.3) | 71 (20.0) | 78 (19.3) |
| 3–5 | 36 (73.5) | 236 (66.5) | 272 (67.3) | |
| > 5 | 6 (12.2) | 48 (13.5) | 54 (13.4) | |
| Total | 49 (100.0) | 355 (100.0) | 404 (100.0) | |