Table 1.
Main epidemiological and clinical variables of Cryptosporidium-positive children under five years of age by ELISA (n = 392) with diarrhoea (cases) and without diarrhoea (non-cases) according to age group. Children were recruited during the Global Enteric Multicenter Study at the Manhiça district (Maputo, southern Mozambique), 2007–2012.
| 0–11 Months | 12–23 Months | 24–59 Months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Cases | Non-Cases 1 | Cases | Non-Cases 1 | Cases | Non-Cases 1 |
| n = 111 (%) | n = 99 (%) | n = 72 (%) | n = 68 (%) | n = 21 (%) | n = 21 (%) | |
| MSD 2 | 87 (78.4) | 85 (85.9) | 45 (62.5) | 57 (83.8) | 12 (57.1) | 19 (90.5) |
| LSD 2 | 24 (21.6) | 14 (14.1) | 27 (37.5) | 11 (16.2) | 9 (42.9) | 2 (9.5) |
| Mean age (months) | 7.3 | 7.1 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 31.1 | 31 |
| Sex (male) | 68 (61.3) | 68 (68.7) | 48 (66.7) | 41 (61.2) | 13 (69.9) | 14 (66.7) |
| HIV+ 3 | 10/44 (24.7) | 2/18 (11.1) | 7/37 (18.9) | 2/21 (9.5) | 2/9 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Undernutrition | 14 (12.6) | 2 (2.0) | 12 (16.7) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Co-infections | ||||||
| Rotavirus | 33 (29.7) | 13 (13.1) | 9 (12.5) | 10 (14.7) | 4 (19.1) | 1 (4.7) |
| Shigella spp. | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| All ETECs | 7 (6.3) | 5 (5.1) | 13 (18.1) | 7 (10.3) | 4 (19.1) | 4 (19.1) |
| G. duodenalis | 16 (14.4) | 30 (30.3) | 18 (25.0) | 38 (55.9) | 4 (19.5) | 10 (47.6) |
| E. histolytica 4 | 6 (5.5)4 | 8 (8.1) | 7 (9.7) | 5 (7.4) | 2 (9.5) | 4 (19.1) |
1 Non-cases are asymptomatic children without diarrhoea matched by age, sex, and neighbourhood with MSD and LSD cases. 2 Only applicable to cases. 3 Only part of the participants were tested for HIV, and the numbers of participants with known HIV status are specified in the denominator. 4 Missing values: n = 1. ETEC: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; LSD: Less severe diarrhoea; MSD: Moderate-to-severe diarrhoea; NA: Not applicable.