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. 2019 Mar 27;13(3):e0007292. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007292

Table 2. Tobit model-simulated log mean (95% credible intervals), median concentrations (conc.), total log standard deviation (SD) (95% credible intervals), and interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of enteric viruses, bacteria, and protozoans detected per gram (g) of soil and milliliter (mL) of surface water public areas of Kisumu where children play.

Pathogen type Soil per gram
Log mean (95% CI) Median conc. Log SD (95% CI) d ICC
Cryptosporidium spp. 11.38 (10.7, 12.05) 8.79x104 3.47 (2.98, 4.05) 0.19
Giardia lamblia 0.08 (-4.68, 3.01) 1.09x100 8.21 (6.35, 11.45) 0.39
human adenovirus 40/41 -0.07 (-7.74, 4.32) 9.30x10-1 9.27 (6.76, 13.98) 0.41
a ETEC estA*/eltB 1.07 (-5.09, 4.35) 2.91x100 8.26 (5.83, 12.97) 0.19
b EPEC bfpA*/eaeA -3.14 (-16.10, 2.92) 4.00x10-2 9.68 (5.90, 18.81) 0.56
c EAEC aatA*/aaiC -1.07 (-6.04, 2.64) 3.40x10-1 8.05 (5.66, 11.50) 0.37
Surface water per millilitre
Cryptosporidium spp. 7.57 (6.09, 9.01) 1.93x103 4.06 (3.16, 5.29) 0.48
Giardia lamblia 1.95 (-10.05, 5.54) 7.04x100 7.01 (3.34, 23.1) 0.77
human adenovirus 40/41 4.46 (-1.04, 8.50) 8.61x101 8.97 (5.93, 14.06) 0.66
a ETEC estA*/eltB 6.00 (4.41, 7.39) 4.04x102 3.76 (2.80, 5.06) 0.65
b EPEC bfpA*/eaeA 5.74 (3.28, 7.79) 3.10x102 5.36 (3.78, 7.87) 0.68
c EAEC aatA*/aaiC 6.32 (4.44, 7.98) 5.57x102 4.45 (3.26, 6.30) 0.68

a Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)

b Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)

c Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)

d Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC): proportion of total variance explained by the site-level variance; equivalently, the correlation between different samples taken at the same site.