Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004
Research

Sporadic Cryptosporidiosis, North Cumbria, England, 1996–2000

Stella Goh*, Mark Reacher†Comments to Author , David P. Casemore‡, Neville Q. Verlander†, Rachel Chalmers§, Margaret Knowles¶, Joy Williams*, Keith Osborn#, and Sarah Richards**
Author affiliations: *Carlisle and District Primary Care Trust, Rosehill, Carlisle, United Kingdom; †Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, United Kingdom; ‡University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom; §Singleton Hospital, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom; ¶Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, United Kingdom; #United Utilities, Great Sankey, Warrington, United Kingdom; **West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, United Kingdom

Main Article

Table 3

Baseline characteristics of study population

Characteristics
Cases (%) 152 (100)
Controls (%) 466 (100)
p value
Sex



M
82 (53.9)
236 (50.6)
0.539
F
70 (46.1)
230 (49.4)

Age, y



0–5
86 (56.6)
273 (58.6)
0.904
6–15
47 (30.9)
136 (29.2)

16+
19 (12.5)
57 (12.2)

Local government district



Allerdale
83 (54.6)
248 (53.2)
0.838
Copeland
69 (45.4)
218 (46.8)

Source of water/zone



Crummock Lake/Crummock North
37 (24.3)
103 (22.1)
0.941
Crummock Lake/Crummock South
19 (12.5)
49 (10.5)

Ennerdale Lake/Ennerdale North
29 (19.1)
101 (21.7)

Ennerdale Lake/Ennerdale South
13 (8.6)
43 (9.2)

Millom/Millom
19 (12.5)
54 (11.6)

Quarry Hill/Quarry Hill
16 (10.5)
41 (8.8)

Hausegill/Hausegill
3 (2.0)
5 (1.1)

Hayknott/Hayknott
2 (1.3)
6 (1.3)

Underscar/Underscar
1 (0.7)
3 (0.6)

Fellside/Fellside
0
1 (0.2)

Multiple sources/Mixed from >1 zone
11 (7.2)
51 (10.9)

Different private water supplies
2 (1.3)
9 (1.9)

Disruption of main supply in week before illness/outbreak?



Y
8 (5.3)
14 (3.0)
0.294
N
143 (94.1)
448 (96.1)

Not recorded
1 (0.7)
4 (0.9)

Water discolored in the week before illness or outbreak?



Y
14 (9.2)
33 (7.1)
0.398
N
130 (85.5)
431 (92.5)

Not recorded
8 (5.3)
2 (0.4)

Away from home in the 2 weeks before illness or outbreak?



Y
49 (32.2)
163 (35.0)
0.603
N
103 (67.8)
303 (65.0)

Sewage services to home



Mains
130 (85.5)
411 (88.2)

Septic tank
21 (13.8)
51 (10.9)

Chemical toilet
1 (0.7)
0

Not recorded 0 4 (0.9)

Main Article

Page created: February 22, 2011
Page updated: February 22, 2011
Page reviewed: February 22, 2011
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external