Table 5.
Season of presentation by pathogen cases*
| Summer/rainy | Winter/dry | P value† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathogen-specific cases | Total cases | Pathogen as % total cases | Pathogen-specific cases | Total cases | Pathogen as % total cases | ||
| EAEC | 6 | 82 | 7.3 | 3 | 100 | 3.0 | 0.072 |
| ETEC | 18 | 82 | 22.0 | 7 | 100 | 7.0 | 0.005 |
| Campylobacter | 5 | 95 | 5.3 | 15 | 126 | 11.9 | 0.102 |
| Cryptosporidium | 2 | 98 | 2.0 | 5 | 126 | 4.0 | 0.472 |
| Giardia | 5 | 100 | 5.0 | 4 | 127 | 3.1 | 0.512 |
| Norovirus GI | 3 | 72 | 4.2 | 3 | 95 | 3.2 | 1.000 |
| Norovirus GII | 17 | 72 | 23.6 | 9 | 95 | 9.5 | 0.017 |
| Norovirus | 20 | 72 | 27.8 | 12 | 95 | 12.6 | 0.017 |
| Shigella | 6 | 100 | 6.0 | 8 | 129 | 6.2 | 1.000 |
| No pathogen | 46 | 100 | 46.0 | 79 | 129 | 61.2 | 0.024 |
| Overall | 100 | 130 | |||||
EAEC = enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; ETEC = enterotoxigenic E. coli.
*
Summer/rainy season refers to participation in study during November through April, and winter/dry season during May through October.
†
Fisher's exact, two-sided χ2 of the difference in proportion of season for each pathogen outcome. P values < 0.05 are shown in bold.