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Table 1 Totals and percentages of stool exams, total acid fast stained samples and Cyclospora cases by month and year during 10-year retrospective review of laboratory data, Honduras

From: Marked seasonality of Cyclospora cayetanensis infections: ten-year observation of hospital cases, Honduras

Year

Total/AMS

My

Jn

Jl

Aug

Sp

Oc

Nov

P-value

2002

4392/894 (20.3)

0

2

1

0

0

1

1

NS

2003*

3848/1047 (27.2)

1

6*

3

0

1

0

0

0.010

2004*

4310/1226 (28.4)

2

7*

2

0

1

0

2

0.025

2005*

2878/1226 (42.5)

5*

6*

0

0

0

0

2

0.007

2006

3345/864 (25.8)

1

2

2

3

2

0

0

NS

2007*

3205/852 (26.5)

7*

1

1

0

1

1

1

0.001

2008

2738/763 (27.8)

2

3

1

0

0

0

0

NS

2009*

2789/904 (32.4)

2

1

6*

3

0

0

0

0.036

2010*

3649/1024 (28.8)

1

7*

2

5

0

2

0

0.006

2011*

4003/1204 (30.0)

2

12*

2

3

0

0

0

0.001

Totala

35157/10004 (28.4)

23

47

20

14

5

4

6

 
  1. aone case in February 2002, no cases in January and March, 1 case each April 2008 and 2011, and 1 case each December 2003, 2004 and 2006, respectively
  2. *Statistical significant association between months and years for the presence of Cyclospora oocysts, established by Chi-square test (p < 0.05)
  3. NS not significant