Assessing the Influence of Water Management and Rainfall Seasonality on Water Quality and Intestinal Parasitism in Rural Northeastern Brazil
Table 1
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in relation to socioeconomic data: household occupancy rate, per capita monthly income range, and presence of toilet in the years 2014, 2015, and 2016 in the rural communities studied in Settlement 25 de Maio, Ceará State, Brazil.
Year
E. nana
I.Butschlii ()
E. coli()
E.histolytica / dispar ()
G.intestinalis ()
A.lumbricoides ()
H. nana()
2014 (n=151)
Household occupancy rate
1-3
-
-
6.45 (2/31)
6.45 (2/31)
3.23 (1/31)
32.26 (10/31)
0 (0/31)
3-5
-
-
7.14 (4/56)
7.14 (4/56)
10.71 (6/56)
23.21 (13/56)
1.79 (1/56)
>5
-
-
3.13 (2/64)
4.69 (3/64)
3.13 (2/64)
17.19 (11/64)
0 (0/64)
Range of monthly income per capita1
0-44
-
-
4.26 (4/94)
4.26 (4/94)
6.38 (6/94)
17.02 (16/94)
0 (0/94)
45-88
-
6.25 (2/32)
6.25 (2/32)
3.13 (1/32)
25.00 (8/32)
3.13 (1/32)
>88
-
-
8.00 (2/25)
12.00 (3/25)
8.00 (2/25)
40.00 (10/25)
0 (0/25)
Presence of toilet
yes
-
-
6.35 (8/126)
6.35 (8/126)
6.35 (8/126)
22.22 (28/126)
0.79 (1/126)
no
-
-
0 (0/25)
4.00 (1/25)
4.00 (1/25)
24.00 (6/25)
0 (0/25)
2015 (n=184)
Household occupancy rate
1-3
2.13 (1/47)
-
8.51 (4/47)
8.51 (4/47)
14.89 (7/47)
36.17 (17/47)
-
3-5
2.82 (2/71)
-
15.49 (11/71)
2.82 (2/71)
9.86 (7/71)
18.31 (13/71)
-
>5
7.58 (5/66)
-
18.18 (12/66)
10.61 (7/66)
34.85 (23/66)
39.39 (26/66)
-
Range of monthly income per capita1
0-44
5.88 (6/102)
-
15.69 (16/102)
6.86 (7/102)
25.49 (26/102)
38.24 (39/102)
-
45-88
0 (0/44)
-
13.64 (6/44)
11.36 (5/44)
20.45 (9/44)
15.91 (7/44)
-
>88
5.26 (2/38)
-
13.16 (5/38)
2.63 (1/38)
0 (0/38)
5.26 (2/38)
-
Presence of toilet
yes
4.55 (7/154)
-
15.58 (24/154)
5.84 (9/154)
18.83 (29/154)
32.47 (50/154)
-
no
3.33 (1/30)
-
10.00 (3/30)
13.33 (4/30)
26.67 (8/30)
16.67 (5/30)
-
2016 (n=199)
Household occupancy rate
1-3
20.83 (10/48)
6.25 (3/48)
20.83 (10/48)
18.75 (9/48)
8.33 (4/48)
2.08 (1/48)
0 (0/48)
3-5
20.00 (15/75)
5.33 (4/75)
17.33 (13/75)
14.67 (11/75)
6.67 (5/75)
5.33 (4/75)
1.33 (1/75)
>5
27.63 (21/76)
6.58 (5/76)
39.47 (30/76)
30.26 (23/76)
6.58 (5/76)
1.32 (1/76)
3.95 (3/76)
Range of monthly income per capita1
0-44
24.53 (26/106)
5.66 (6/106)
30.19 (32/106)
27.36 (29/106)
6.60 (7/106)
3.77 (4/106)
1.89 (2/106)
45-88
27.45 (14/51)
1.96 (1/51)
23.53 (12/51)
21.57 (11/51)
9.80 (5/51)
3.92 (2/51)
3.92 (2/51)
>88
7.14 (3/42)
11.90 (5/42)
21.43 (9/42)
7.14 (3/42)
4.76 (2/42)
0 (0/42)
0 (0/42)
Presence of toilet
yes
20.25 (32/158)
12.20 (5/41)
21.52 (34/158)
18.99 (30/158)
5.70 (9/158)
3.80 (6/158)
2.53 (4/158)
no
34.15 (14/41)
4.43 (7/158)
46.34 (19/41)
31.71 (13/41)
12.20 (5/41)
0 (0/41)
0 (0/41)
Household occupancy rate: number of residents/household. Range of monthly income per capita, considering the dollar USD$ 2.27, quoted in July 2014.
