Potential Zoonotic Transmission of Giardia duodenalis between Children and Calves in Bangladesh

Table 1

Giardia duodenalis infections in children and calves.

Parameters	No. of samples examined	No. of samples positive (%)	χ^2	values
Children (n = 299)
Location
Sirajganj	140	32 (22.9)	2.291	0.318
Pabna	85	20 (23.5)
Gazipur	74	11 (14.9)
Sex
Male	178	37 (20.8)	0.000	0.999
Female	121	26 (21.5)
Age group
<5 years	175	31 (17.7)	2.392	0.122
5–14 years	124	32 (25.8)
Calves (n = 699)
Location
Sirajganj	213	17 (8.0)	3.799	0.284
Pabna	344	17 (4.9)
Gazipur	52	1 (1.9)
CCBDF (savar)	90	5 (5.6)
Sex
Male	352	19 (5.4)	0.044	0.834
Female	347	21 (6.1)
Age group
<1 month	66	4 (6.1)	0.016	0.992
1–3 months	458	26 (5.7)
>3 months	175	10 (5.7)
Breed group
Local	153	8 (5.2)	6.358	0.095
HFC	350	23 (6.6)
JC	178	6 (3.4)
BrC	18	3 (16.7)

Note. χ² and values compare the prevalence between study sites, sex, and age in children and calves. HFC, JC, and BrC indicate Holstein Friesian cross, Jersey cross, and Brahman cross, respectively.