Table 4 Location-wise distribution of incidences of infectious etiologies of diarrhea
Total no of samples | Total no. with an infectious diagnosis | No (%) of cases tested positive for different etiologies | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cryptosporidium* | Adenovirus* | Rotavirus* | Shigella stx | Giardia | DEC | ||
Rural | |||||||
40 | 24 (60) | 3 (7.5) | 4 (10) | 6 (15) | 9 (22.5) | 0 (0) | 16 (40) |
Urban | |||||||
90 | 50 (55.55) | 1 (1.11) | 2 (2.22) | 28 (31.11) | 22 (24.45) | 1 (1.11) | 24 (26.66) |
Statistics | |||||||
P value | 0.3190 | 0.02623* | 0.0260* | 0.0273* | 0.4055 | 0.2525 | 0.0650 |
95% CI (lower, upper) | 48.33, 65.12 | 0.9403, 7.907 | 1.921, 9.915 | 19.33, 34.34 | 17.3, 31.89 | 0.0, 4.657 | 23.46, 39.18 |
Odds ratio | 1.2 | 7.216 | 4.889 | 0.3908 | 0.8974 | 0 | 1.833 |