Table 2.
The effect of age, sex, the occurrence of diarrhea and abdominal pain, residency, and contact with animals on the occurrence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in children in El-Dakahlia, El-Gharbia, and Damietta, Northeast Egypt
| Risk factors | No. of positive/no. of samples | Prevalence (%) | X 2 | P | Genotypes (n) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ≤ 3 | 3/74 | 4.1 | 3.469 | 0.628 | Type IV (2), Peru6 (1) |
| 4 | 9/141 | 6.4 | Type IV (5), Peru8 (3), D (1) | |||
| 5 | 10/190 | 5.3 | Type IV (4), Peru8 (4), Peru11 (2), | |||
| 6 | 4/136 | 2.9 | Type IV (1), Peru8 (2), Peru6 (1), | |||
| 7 | 0/27 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | 1/17 | 5.9 | Type IV (1) | |||
| Gender | Girls | 11/289 | 3.8 | 0.849 | 0.357 | Type IV (5), Peru8 (4), Peru6 (1), D (1) |
| Boys | 16/296 | 5.4 | Type IV (8), Peru8 (5), Peru6 (1), Peru11 (2) | |||
| Diarrheic status | Yes | 7/89 | 7.9 | 2.518 | 0.113 | Type IV (3), Peru8 (3), Peru11 (1) |
| No | 20/496 | 4 | Type IV (10), Peru8 (6), Peru6 (2), Peru11 (1), D (1) | |||
| Abdominal pain | Yes | 14/351 | 4 | 0.783 | 0.376 | Type IV (6), Peru8 (7), D (1) |
| No | 13/234 | 5.6 | Type IV (7), Peru8 (2), Peru6 (2), Peru11 (2) | |||
| Animal contact | With | 12/257 | 4.7 | 0.003 | 0.956 | Type IV (8), Peru8 (1), Peru6 (1), Peru11 (1), D (1) |
| Without | 15/328 | 4.6 | Type IV (5), Peru8 (8), Peru6 (1), Peru11 (1) | |||
| Residence | Rural | 20/332 | 6 | 29.648 | 0.029 | Type IV (11), Peru8 (6), Peru6 (2), D (1) |
| Urban | 7/253 | 2.8 | Type IV (2), Peru8 (3), Peru11 (2) |