Table 2 Rate of isolation of enteric Campylobacter from diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic samples, Moramanga, 2010-2012
From: Campylobacter infection in a cohort of rural children in Moramanga, Madagascar
Number of positive samples | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diarrhoeal stools | Non-diarrhoeal stools | |||||
Age group | Child-days at risk | Number of episodes | Number positive (%) | Number of tests | Number positive (%) | Number of infections |
0-5 months | 27,616 | 64 | 4 (6.2) | 564 | 14 (2.5) | 18 |
6-11 months | 77,208 | 171 | 16 (9.3) | 641 | 93 (14.5) | 109 |
12-17 months | 68,184 | 102 | 10 (9.8) | 557 | 90 (16.1) | 100 |
18-23 months | 25,146 | 64 | 6 (9.4) | 535 | 46 (8.6) | 52 |
24-29 months | 30,859 | 40 | 4 (10.0) | 399 | 22 (5.5) | 26 |
30-36 months | 27,353 | 18 | 1 (5.5) | 269 | 13 (4.8) | 14 |
Total | 256,366 | 459 | 41 (8.9) | 2965 | 278 (9.4) | 319 |