Table 3.

Correlation between seasonal variation and parasitic diarrhoea

Parasites	Summer		Rainfall		Winter
Isolated	(March–June)		(July–October)		(Nov–Feb)
	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls
Cryptosporidium spp.	19 (5.1%)	13 (6.5%)	111 (30.3%)	23 (11.5%)	16 (4.3%)	6 (3%)
Microsporidia spp.	32 (8.7%)	--	38 (10.3%)	--	28 (7.6%)	--
Cyclospora spp.	56 (15.3%)	2 (1%)	25 (6.8%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (1.1%)	--
Giardia spp.	9(2.4%)	--	21(5.7%)	--	7(1.1%)	--
Entamoeba spp.	5(1.3%)	1(0.5%)	4(1.0%)	3(1.5%)	2(0.5%)
Isospora belli	2(0.5%)	--	--	--	--	--
Hookworm	5 (1.3%)	10 (5%)	12 (3.2%)	27 (13.5%)	--	s3 (1.5%)
Trichuris trichiura	4(1.0%)	--	3(0.8%)	--	2(0.5%)	--
H. nana	--	--	2(0.5%)	4(2%)	--	2(1%)

Figures in parentheses express the percentage (%) of parasites isolated.