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. 2011 Jan 5;84(1):38–42. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0442

Table 3.

Incidence of diarrhea, infection, and symptomatic infection by tertile

Incidence of episodes per child-day in a low-income community (number of episodes/424,322 child-days of diarrhea surveillance) P
Low tertile Middle tertile High tertile
Diarrhea 0.00609 0.00634 0.00556 0.45
Infections with parasites
Microsporidia 0.00020 0.00012 0.00010 0.06
Cyclospora 0.00058 0.00054 0.00054 0.87
Cryptosporidium 0.00038 0.00051 0.00040 0.21
Giardia 0.00389 0.00282 0.00215 < 0.01
Infections with associated diarrhea
Microsporidia 0.00006 0.00027 0.00056 0.39
Cyclospora 0.00020 0.00021 0.00017 0.73
Cryptosporidium 0.00015 0.00019 0.00084 0.08
Giardia 0.00091 0.00062 0.00043 < 0.01