Zoonotic Chlamydiaceae Species Associated with Trachoma, Nepal
Deborah Dean

, James Rothschild, Anke Ruettger, Ram Prasad Kandel, and Konrad Sachse
Author affiliations: Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, USA (D. Dean, J. Rothschild); University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (D. Dean); University of California, Berkeley, California, USA (D. Dean); Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Jena, Germany (A. Ruettger, K. Sachse); Lumini Eye Hospital, Bhairahawa, Nepal (R.P. Kandel)
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Table 2
Correlation of sex and age with single and mixed Chlamydiaceae species infections
Patient variable
|
Total infected, no. (%); n = 71
|
p value
|
Single infections, no. (%); n = 54
|
p value
|
Mixed infections, no. (%); n = 17
|
p value
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
M (n = 33) |
22 (66.7) |
0.6448 |
21 (63.6) |
0.2025 |
1 (3.0) |
0.0098 |
F (n = 68)
|
49 (75.1)
|
|
33 (48.5)
|
|
16 (23.5)
|
|
Age, y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1–10 (n = 44) |
26 (59.1) |
0.0472 |
19 (43.2) |
0.0748 |
7 (15.9) |
1.000 |
>10 (n = 57) |
45 (78.9) |
|
35 (61.4) |
|
10 (17.5) |
|
|
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