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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Water Health. 2016 Jun;14(3):559–570. doi: 10.2166/wh.2016.204

Table 2 |.

Descriptive statistics of the four study neighborhoods for each of the microbial quality parameters assayed (Kruskal–Wallis)

Doualaré (n = 28)
 Lopéré (n = 10)
 Domayo (n = 13)
 Dougoy (n = 8)
Average log gene
copies/100 ml		 % of (+)
assays		 Average log gene
copies/100 ml		 % of (+)
assays		 Average log gene
copies/100 ml		 % of (+)
assays		 Average log gene
copies/100 ml		 % of (+)
assays
Total coliformsa,*  1932.8 89% 1851.8 80% 1125.5 69% 1701.6 100%
E. colia,*    929.5 96%   187.0 80%   287.3 62%   167.1 100%
Campylobacter spp.        1.0 25%       1.02 10%       0.95 15%       n.d.b   n.d.
Salmonella spp.        2.95 25%       n.d.       n.d.       3.06 15%       n.d.   n.d.
S. aureus        4.90 32%       n.d.       n.d.       3.79 23%       n.d.   n.d.
stx1*        4.22 32%       n.d.       n.d.       3.36 23%       n.d.   n.d.
stx2        3.61 25%       n.d.       n.d.       1.30   8%       n.d.   n.d.
HF183        6.38 11%       n.d.       n.d.       1.26   8%       n.d.   n.d.
Rum2Bac        5.23 32%       4.91 20%       5.97 23%       4.65   13%
GFD        0.70 4%       n.d.       n.d.       n.d.       n.d.       n.d.   n.d.
tetQ        3.14 14%       4.07 20%       n.d.       n.d.       3.31   25%
a

Concentration measured in CFU/100 ml.

b

n.d. = none detected.

*

p-value < 0.05, Kruskal–Wallis equality of populations rank analysis.