Volume 5, Number 1—February 1999
Dispatch
Infectious Diarrhea in Tourists Staying in a Resort Hotel
Rachel M. Hardie*
, Patrick G. Wall†, Patricia Gott‡, Madhu Bardhan‡, and Christopher L.R. Bartlett*
, Patrick G. Wall†, Patricia Gott‡, Madhu Bardhan‡, and Christopher L.R. Bartlett*
Table 2
Possible risk factors for illness
| Number (%) of guests |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factor,chi-square, and p values | Definite cases,
(n=70, 36 children) |
Probable cases
(n=107, 39 children) |
Possible cases
(n=47, 21 children) |
Not ill
(n=15, 11 children) |
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| yes | no | yes | no | yes | no | yes | no | |
| Departure after 5 June | 65 (93) | 5 (7) | 99 (93) | 8 (7) | 38 (81) | 9 (19) | 11 (73) | 4 (27) |
| (chi-square=7.3, p=0.007) | ||||||||
| Attendance at children's activities | 23 (64) | 13 (36) | 25 (64) | 14 (36) | 15 (71) | 6 (29) | 6 (55) | 5 (45) |
| (chi-square=0.01, p=0.92) | ||||||||
| Consumption of raw vegetables and salads | 52 (74) | 18 (26) | 78 (73) | 29 (27) | 33 (70) | 14 (30) | 6 (40) | 9 (60) |
| (chi-square=3.9, p=0.04) | ||||||||
| Consumption of reconstituted orange juice | 67 (96) | 3 (4) | 100 (93) | 7 (7) | 43 (91) | 4 (9) | 10 (67) | 5 (33) |
| (chi-square=8.4, p=0.004) | ||||||||
| Problem with water in room | 49 (70) | 21 (30) | 54 (50) | 53 (50) | 17 (36) | 30 (64) | 9 (60) | 6 (40) |
| (chi-square=7.2, p=0.007) | ||||||||
| Problem with food | 43 (61) | 27 (39) | 76 (71) | 31 (29) | 26 (55) | 21 (45) | 9 (60) | 6 (40) |
| (chi-square=0.3, p=0.58) | ||||||||
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