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Table 2 Epidemiologic characteristics of 30 renal transplant recipients with post-transplantation visceral leishmaniasis

From: Epidemiologic, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in renal transplant recipients: experience from thirty cases

Variable

n(%)

P-value *

Residency

  

 Rural area

15 (50.0)

1.000

 Urban area

15 (50.0)

Workplace

  

 Urban area

20 (66.7)

0.099

 Rural area

10 (33.3)

Transplantation center

  

 Ceará (HGF, HUWC, Barbalha)

21 (70.0)

0.043

 Piauí (Casamater)

9 (30.0)

Education level

  

 Basic

14 (46.7)

0.003

 Intermediate

15 (50.0)

 Advanced

1 (3.3)

Cohabitation with domestic animals

  

 Yes

19 (63.3)

0.200

 No

11 (36.7)

Cohabitation with dogs

  

 Yes

23 (76.7)

0.005

 No

7 (23.3)

 

Cohabitation with cats

  

 Yes

24 (80.0)

0.001

 No

6 (20.0)

 

Cohabitation with chickens

  

 Yes

22 (73.3)

0.016

 No

8 (26.7)

 

Cohabitation with birds

  

 Yes

23 (76.7)

0.005

 No

7 (23.3)

 

Cohabitation with pigs

  

 Yes

11 (37.9)

0.265

 No

19 (63.3)

 

Plant breeding at home

  

 Yes

27 (90.0)

0.000

 No

3 (10.0)

 

Plant breeding in surroundings

  

 Yes

27 (90.0)

0.000

 No

3 (10.0)

 

Awareness of human VL

  

 Yes

11 (37.9)

 

 No

19 (63.3)

0.200

Awareness of VL vector

  

 Yes

10 (33.3)

 

 No

20 (66.7)

0.099

Awareness of CL

  

 Yes

4 (13.3)

 

 No

26 (86.7)

0.000

Family income nonthly

  

 Low (<US$ 200)

15 (50.0)

0.003

 Average (between US$ 201 and 600)

14 (46.7)

 High (>US$ 600)

1 (3.3)

  1. HGF, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza; HUWC, Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio; VL, visceral leishmaniasis; CL, canine leishmaniasis.
  2. 2 test. Categorical variables are reported as n (%).