Table 6. Symptoms of 145 giardiasis patients in relation to assemblage (mixed infections with other enteropathogens excluded).* .
| Patients infected with Giardia intestinalis | |||
| Symptoms | Assemblage A (n = 51) | Assemblage B (n = 87) | All patients (n = 145c) |
| Diarrheaa | 48/51 (94) | 86/87 (99) | 141/145 (97) |
| Bowel movementsa | |||
| <3/day | 9/51 (18) | 20/87 (23) | 30/145 (21) |
| 3–5/day | 12/51 (24) | 31/87 (36) | 44/145 (30) |
| >5/day | 27/51 (53) | 35/87 (40) | 67/145 (46) |
| Abdominal paina | 33/50 (66) | 55/85 (65) | 94/142 (66) |
| Bloody stoolsa | 3/50 (6) | 5/87 (6) | 8/144 (6) |
| Vomitinga | 17/50 (34) | 29/87 (33) | 47/144 (33) |
| Flatulenceb | 33/51 (65) | 73/86 (85) | 112/144 (78) |
| Fever >38°Ca | 12/50 (24) | 19/85 (22) | 32/142 (23) |
| Loss of weighta | 33/50 (66) | 65/85 (76) | 103/142 (73) |
NOTE: Response rates for the different items on the questionnaires varied from 98% to 100%.
*The data given represent number of findings/number of patients who answered the specific questions (%).
a
No significant difference between the assemblage A and B patient groups.
b
Significant difference between the assemblage A and assemblage B patient groups, p = 0.006.
c
Includes four patients with assemblage A+B and three with negative PCR results.