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. 2016 May;22(5):875–879. doi: 10.3201/eid2205.151743

Table 2. Rotavirus rapid diagnostic tests of fecal samples before and during diarrheal outbreak precipitated by localized flooding, Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 2013 and 2014*.

Age group % Positive (no. positive/no. tested)
p value§
2013† 2014‡
<5 y 0 (0/12) 41.9 (18/43) 0.005
≥5 y 0 (0/31) 23.5 (4/17) 0.012
Unknown NA 100 (1/1) NA
Total 0 (0/43) 37.7 (23/61) <0.001

*Samples were collected and tested at the National Referral Hospital, Honiara; no rotavirus tests were conducted during the outbreak period in 2015. NA, not available.
†April 8–July 14, 2013 (14 weeks).
‡April 7–July 13, 2014 (14 weeks).
§By Fisher exact test.