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Table 5 Number of additional cases per household, plus range data, by age of index case

From: Cross-sectional household transmission study of Cryptosporidium shows that C. hominis infections are a key risk factor for spread

Number of additional cases

Index > 5 years old

Index < 5 years old

Total

1

9 (69.3%)

4 (33.3%)

13 (52.0%)

2

3 (23.1)

2 (16.7%)

5 (20.0%)

3

1 (7.7%)

5 (41.7%)

6 (24.0%)

4

0 (–)

1 (8.3%)

1 (4.0%)

Total additional cases

13

12

25

Range

1–3

1–4

 

Median

1.0

2.5

 

Mean

1.38

2.25