TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics and rotavirus prevalence among children with and without diarrhoea in Calabar, Nigeria, August to December 2015.

Characteristic	All participants na	Rotavirus infection in children with diarrhoea n (%)	Rotavirus infection in children without diarrhoea n (%)
Age (months)
< 6	8	1 (12.5)	0 (0)
7–12	43	13 (30.2)	0 (0)
13–24	71	8 (11.3)	0 (0)
25–34	51	2 (3.9)	0 (0)
35–60	27	1 (3.7)	0 (0)
Total	200	25 (12.5)	0 (0)
Gender
Male	113	15 (13.3)	0 (0)
Female	87	10 (11.5)	0 (0)
Total	200	25 (12.5)	0 (0)
Study centres
UCTH	119	16 (13.4)	0 (0)
General hospital	28	5 (17.9)	0 (0)
PHC Ekpo Abasi	31	3 (9.7)	0 (0)
PHC Ikot Ansa	22	1 (4.5)	0 (0)
Total	200	25 (12.5)	0 (0)

Abbreviations: UCTH, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital; PHC, Primary Health Centre.

^aCases and controls; the sub-population of children with diarrhoea was the same as those without diarrhoea