Table 2.
Unfiltered samples (N = 93) | Filtered samples (N = 87) | Stored filtered samples (N = 87) | |
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Fecal contamination (TTC/100 mL) | |||
< 1 | 9 (9.7%) | 66 (75.9%) | 49 (56.3%) |
1–10 | 8 (8.6%) | 13 (14.9%) | 14 (16.1%) |
11–100 | 26 (28.0%) | 6 (6.9%) | 7 (8.1%) |
101–1000 | 24 (25.8%) | 2 (2.3%) | 11 (12.6%) |
> 1,000 | 26 (28.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (6.9%) |
Geometric mean TTC/100 mL | 166 (95% CI = 97–286) | 1.7 (95% CI = 1.3–2.3) | 6.1 (95% CI = 3.5–10.5) |
Samples with > 100 TTC/100 mL | 50 (53.8%) | 2 (2.3%) | 17 (19.5%) |
Mean log10 removal | N/A | 2.0 (95% CI = 1.8–2.2) | 1.5 (95% CI = 1.2–1.7) |
Samples with > 1 log10 removal | N/A | 77 (88.5%) | 60 (69.0%) |
N/A = not applicable.