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. 2001 Sep;67(9):3832–3836. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.3832-3836.2001

TABLE 2.

C. parvum and E. coli in 156 water samples from four areas

Area No. of samples tested No. (%) of samples witha:
C. parvum E. coli
Island 10 10 (100)bc 10 (100)d
Eastern 87 36 (41) NTe
Western 40 21 (53) 33 (83)f
Northern 19 7 (37) 7 (37)
a

χ2 test of proportions: C. parvum, χ2 = 13.6, df = 3, and P < 0.005; E. coli, χ2 = 17.9, df = 2, and P < 0.001. 

b

Significantly different (P < 0.005) from values for the eastern and northern areas. 

c

Significantly different (P < 0.05) from value for the western area. 

d

Significantly different (P < 0.005) from value for the northern area. 

e

NT, not tested. 

f

Significantly different (P < 0.001) from value for the northern area.