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. 2016 Jul 25;54(8):2090–2095. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00521-16

TABLE 1.

Demographic information and specimen characteristics by country in a four-country study (n = 1,678)

Parameter Angola Yap Fiji RMIa
Patient characteristics
    Median age in yr (range) 23 (<1–72) 15 (<1–99) 28 (<1–89) 20 (<1–86)
    Male sex (%) 54.3 47.5 49 48
    Median DPO (range) 3.5 (1–45) 2 (0–44) NDb 2 (0–27)
Specimen characteristics
    Total no. of specimens 46 534 302 796
Dengue diagnostic test results (no. of samples)
    rRT-PCR 29 175 105 430
    DENV-1 29 0 2 0
    DENV-2 0 175 13 0
    DENV-3 0 0 89 0
    DENV-4 0 0 0 430
    Anti-DENV IgM ELISA 14 53 38 53
    Anti-DENV IgG ELISA NDb NDb NDb 147
No. of negative samplesc 3 202 154 203
a

RMI, Republic of Marshall Islands.

b

ND, not done.

c

That is, the number of samples determined to be negative by rRT-PCR and anti-DENV IgM ELISA.