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Table 2 Frequency of enteric infections by calendar quarter, Laranjeiras, Sergipe, Brazil, 2010-11

From: Diarrhea incidence and intestinal infections among rotavirus vaccinated infants from a poor area in Brazil: a spatial analysis

Quarter

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

TOTAL

Number of cases

n

%

n

%

n

%

n% n

%

Trichuris trichiura

2

0.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

0 0.0 2

0.2

Ascaris lumbricoides

11

5.2

7

2.7

18

5.5

21 6.8 57

5.1

Entamoeba histolytica

0

0.0

3

1.1

1

0.3

0 0.0 4

0.4

Entamoeba coli

0

0.0

2

0.8

2

0.6

4 1.3 8

0.7

Endolimax nana

27

12.7

4

1.5

3

0.9

0 0.0 34

3.0

Giardia lamblia

5

2.4

2

0.8

0

0.0

3 1.0 10

0.9

Rotavirus

1

0.5

4

1.5

17

5.2

7 2.3 29

2.6

TOTAL

46

21.7

22

8.4

41

12.5

35 11.4 144

13

Total stool samples

212

 

263

 

330

 

308 1113