Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of cases for whom samples were submitted to GMI for encephalitic alphavirus testing from 1961 to 2023 (n=496) ^†.

Characteristics		N (%)
Sex†
	Female	163 (35.8)
	Male	292 (64.2)
Age (years)*†		23.6 ± 19.7
Age group†
	0–5	98 (20.2)
	6–20	159 (32.7)
	≥21	229 (47.1)
Province
	Darien	319 (71.1)
	Comarca
	Embera	32 (7.1)
	Other provinces	98 (21.8)
VEEV
	Negative	400 (80.7)
	Positive	96 (19.4)
MADV
	Negative	460 (92.7)
	Positive	36 (7.3)

^*Mean ± standard deviation.

^†Some variables may total less than 496 due to missing data.