Table 2.
Incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis over 12 months in seven paired urban sectors in baseline and follow up study. Figures are numbers (percentage) of cases
| Pair
|
Baseline study
|
Follow up study
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group
|
Control group
|
P value*
|
Intervention group
|
Control group
|
P value*
|
||
| 1 | 5/120 (4) | 17/199 (9) | 0.2 | 0/117 | 25/200 (13) | 0.004 | |
| 2 | 23/509 (5) | 11/307 (4) | 0.6 | 0/507 | 35/271 (13) | <0.001 | |
| 3 | 3/132 (2) | 6/155 (4) | 0.5 | 0/132 | 3/159 (2) | 0.2 | |
| 4 | 6/109 (6) | 5/81 (6) | 1.0 | 0/125 | 12/97 (12) | <0.001 | |
| 5 | 14/246 (6) | 8/161 (5) | 0.9 | 0/246 | 8/168 (5) | <0.001 | |
| 6 | 1/167 (1) | 1/190 (1) | 1.0 | 0/167 | 2/208 (1) | 0.5 | |
| 7† | 3/53 (6) | 23/484 (5) | 0.7 | 0/57 | 57/484 (12) | 0.01 | |
*
Fisher's exact test.
†
In pair 7 houses in control group did not receive any curtains.