Volume 8, Number 6—June 2002
Research
Epidemiologic Differences Between Cyclosporiasis and Cryptosporidiosis in Peruvian Children
Caryn Bern*
, Ynes Ortega†, William Checkley‡§, Jacquelin M. Roberts*, Andres G. Lescano‡§, Lilia Cabrera‡, Manuela Verastegui¶, Robert E. Black§, Charles Sterling, and Robert H. Gilman§
, Ynes Ortega†, William Checkley‡§, Jacquelin M. Roberts*, Andres G. Lescano‡§, Lilia Cabrera‡, Manuela Verastegui¶, Robert E. Black§, Charles Sterling, and Robert H. Gilman§Table 1
Incidence of coccidial infections and association with diarrhea by age group, Peru, February 1995 to December 1998
| Agea (years) | Child-years of follow-up | Cryptosporidiosis | Cyclosporiasis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infections | Infections/ child-year | With diarrhea n (%) | Infections | Infections/ child-year | With diarrhea n (%) | ||
| <1 | 230.6 | 47 | 0.20 | 20 (43) | 16 | 0.07 | 4 (25) |
| 1 | 192.0 | 80 | 0.42 | 32 (40) | 40 | 0.21 | 11 (28) |
| 2–4 | 243.2 | 58 | 0.24 | 10 (17) | 67 | 0.28 | 18 (27) |
| 5–9 | 170.3 | 10 | 0.06 | 2 (20) | 47 | 0.28 | 6 (13) |
| 10–12 | 53.5 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 (0) | 4 | 0.07 | 1 (25) |
| <12 | 889.5 | 196 | 0.22 | 64 (33) | 174 | 0.20 | 40 (23) |
aAge on the first day of parasite detection.
