Table 2.
Rate of isolation of enteric Campylobacter from diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic samples, Moramanga, 2010-2012
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Number of positive samples |
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Diarrhoeal stools |
Non-diarrhoeal stools |
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| Age group | Child-days at risk | Number of episodes | Number positive (%) | Number of tests | Number positive (%) | Number of infections |
| 0-5 months |
27,616 |
64 |
4 (6.2) |
564 |
14 (2.5) |
18 |
| 6-11 months |
77,208 |
171 |
16 (9.3) |
641 |
93 (14.5) |
109 |
| 12-17 months |
68,184 |
102 |
10 (9.8) |
557 |
90 (16.1) |
100 |
| 18-23 months |
25,146 |
64 |
6 (9.4) |
535 |
46 (8.6) |
52 |
| 24-29 months |
30,859 |
40 |
4 (10.0) |
399 |
22 (5.5) |
26 |
| 30-36 months |
27,353 |
18 |
1 (5.5) |
269 |
13 (4.8) |
14 |
| Total | 256,366 | 459 | 41 (8.9) | 2965 | 278 (9.4) | 319 |