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Volume 16, Number 5—May 2010
Dispatch
Schistosomiasis among Recreational Users of Upper Nile River, Uganda, 2007
Oliver W. Morgan
, Gary W. Brunette, Bryan K. Kapella, Isabel McAuliffe, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Wenkai Li, Nina Marano, Sam Okware, Sonja J. Olsen, W. Evan Secor, Jordan W. Tappero, Patricia P. Wilkins, and Susan P. Montgomery
, Gary W. Brunette, Bryan K. Kapella, Isabel McAuliffe, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Wenkai Li, Nina Marano, Sam Okware, Sonja J. Olsen, W. Evan Secor, Jordan W. Tappero, Patricia P. Wilkins, and Susan P. Montgomery
Table 1
Characteristics of 113 recreational users of the upper Nile River who participated in a study to determine risk for schistosome infection, were eligible for study follow-up, and provided 1 or 2 blood samples, Uganda, 2007*
| Characteristic |
Provided 1 blood sample,
no. (%), n = 44 |
Provided 2 blood samples, no. (%), n = 69 |
p value† |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male sex | 14 (32) | 34 (50) | 0.03 |
| Main reason for being at the Nile | |||
| Rafter | 20 (45) | 32 (46) | 0.4 |
| Spectator at the competition | 12 (27) | 18 (26) | |
| Kayak competitor | 9 (21) | 8 (12) | |
| Other |
3 (7) |
11 (16) |
|
| Region of residence | |||
| Africa | 6 (14) | 16 (23) | 0.6 |
| Americas | 12 (27) | 16 (23) | |
| Europe | 15 (34) | 17 (25) | |
| Australasia | 7 (16) | 12 (17) | |
| None given | 4 (9) | 8 (12) |
*Median ages (ranges) of study participants were as follows: 1 blood sample provided: 25 y (18–41 y); 2 blood samples provided, 29 y (16–67 y); p = 0.005.
†p values estimated by using the Mann-Whitney test for age and a χ2 test for all other variables.
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