Table 3.
Hydatid cyst anatomical location within age range and Fasciola hepatica co-infection in E. granulosus (s.s.)-infected animals
| FH-EG co-infection | Host age range | Lungs only n (%) |
Liver only n (%) |
Both organs n (%) |
χ 2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | ≤ 4 years | 17 (32.69) | 14 (26.92) | 21 (40.38) | 0.6903 | 0.7081 |
| > 4 years | 10 (37.04) | 5 (18.52) | 12 (44.44) | |||
| Totala | 27 (34.18) | 19 (24.05) | 33 (41.77) | |||
| Present | ≤ 4 years | 24 (55.81) | 7 (16.28) | 12 (27.91) | 6.209 | 0.0448* |
| > 4 years | 22 (43.14) | 3 (5.88) | 26 (50.98) | |||
| Totala | 46 (48.94) | 10 (10.64) | 38 (40.43) | |||
| Total | ≤ 4 years | 41 (43.16) | 21 (22.11) | 33 (34.74) | 5.674 | 0.0586 |
| > 4 years | 32 (41.03) | 8 (10.26) | 38 (48.72) | |||
| Total | 73 (42.20) | 29 (16.76) | 71 (41.04) |
*Statistically significant difference at P < 0.05
aStatistically significant association of cyst location and co-infection (χ2 = 6.841, P = 0.0327)
Abbreviations: EG E. granulosus (s.s.), FH Fasciola hepatica