Table 1.
Characteristic | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
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Date range of sera collection | April 2 to April 29, 2009 | August 29, 2009 to February 20, 2010 | April 16 to May 15, 2010 | August 19 to December 11, 2010 |
Median sample collection date | April 15, 2009 | November 17, 2009 | April 30, 2010 | November 12, 2010 |
No. of participants | 259 | 2057 | 703 | 1824 |
Age | ||||
≤18 years | 77 (29.7%) | 660 (32.1%) | 214 (30.4%) | 596 (32.7%) |
19–50 years | 159 (61.4%) | 1217 (59.2%) | 438 (62.3%) | 1076 (59%) |
>50 years | 23 (8.9%) | 180 (8.8%) | 51 (7.3%) | 152 (8.3%) |
Sex | ||||
Male | 117 (45.2%) | 933 (45.4%) | 315 (44.8%) | 819 (44.9%) |
Serum available in other rounds | ||||
Round 1 | 246 (12%) | 172 (24.5%) | 173 (9.5%) | |
Round 2 | 246 (95%) | 698 (99.3%) | 1798 (98.6%) | |
Round 3 | 172 (66.4%) | 698 (33.9%) | 676 (37.1%) | |
Round 4 | 173 (66.8%) | 1798 (87.4%) | 676 (96.2%) |