Table 1.
Summary of testing performed in Malindi, Kenya.
| Pathogen | Test (No.) |
Pos. | Neg. | Equiv. | Patients (No.) |
Pos. | Neg. | Equiv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rift Valley fever | 47 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 0 |
| Brucella | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Leptospira | 40 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| Malaria | 39 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Typhoid fever | 33 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| Cholera | 30 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 30* | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Total | 228 | 25 | 202 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
Result of diagnostic testing on all samples and patients performed by the field laboratory for 6 different pathogens. A definitive laboratory diagnosis was achieved for 16 of the 33 cases. Key:
*
Only 30 patients tested; Equiv. = equivocal; Neg. = negative; No. = number; Pos. = positive