Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008
Research
Cryptosporidium Species and Subtypes and Clinical Manifestations in Children, Peru
Table 3
Age at first infection by Cryptosporidium spp. and subtype family in 533 children, Peru
Species or subtype family | No. episodes | Age, y, mean (range) | p value |
---|---|---|---|
C. hominis | 61* | 1.93 (0.19–9.51) | 0.026† |
Subtype family Ia | 15 | 2.13 (0.67–8.05) | 0.113 |
Subtype family Ib | 16 | 1.38 (0.60–2.82) | 0.176 |
Subtype family Id | 7 | 1.41 (0.19–3.34) | 0.645 |
Subtype family Ie | 15 | 1.81 (0.25–9.51) | 0.723 |
C. parvum | 15 | 1.22 (0.44–2.49) | 0.034† |
C. meleagridis | 9 | 1.43 (0.78–2.75) | 0.615 |
C. canis or C. felis‡ | 6 | 2.26 (0.68–3.74) | 0.039† |
Mixed infections | 2 | 1.62 (1.44–1.79) | Not done |
*Eight C. hominis infections did not have subtype family data.
†Not significant after Bonferroni adjusted α = 0.05/5 = 0.01.
‡Includes 1 mixed infection with C. meleagridis and C. canis.