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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Epidemiol. 1992 Apr 15;135(8):875–882. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116383

TABLE 3. Association between household latrine status and detection of Taenia solium in pigs by two methods*: Maceda, Peru, 1988.

Household
latrine status
No. of
households
No. of
households
with pigs
Households with pigs positive for T.
solium
By EITB
By tongue
examination
No. % No. %
With latrine 31 25 20 80 19 76
Without latrine 42 27 16 59 9 33
Total 73 52 36 69 28 54
*

Enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) and tongue examination, both performed by veterinarians.

Significantly associated with latrines, p < 0.05 by the chi-square test.