Table 2.
Households, number of persons, and S. aureus colonization of humans.
| Persons/ Household |
No. of Households (n = 84) |
Households with Carriers of S. aureus
(n =42) |
Households with 1 Person Colonized |
Households with ≥ 2 Persons Colonized |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | Carrier (%) | All persons | Households | Carrier (%) | All persons | |||
| 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 (22) | 18 | |||
| ≥2 | 66 | 38 1 | 21 | 21 (50) | 42 | 17 | 41 (82) 2 | 51 |
p-values (Fishers exact, two-tailed): 1S. aureus carriage in single vs. non-single households, 0.0151 2 S. aureus carriage in households with one colonized person vs. households ≥ two colonized persons, 0.0037.