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. 2016 Aug 1;1(2):e000087. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000087

Table 2.

Seroprevalence of Zika virus infection by country

Number of sera tested Seroprevalence (%)
Africa
West/Central Africa
 Angola 5082 4.0
 Benin 244 44.0
 Burkina Faso 1897 53.3
 Cameroon 5811 16.5
 Central African Republic* 7657 10.8
 Central African Republic† 908 27.1
 Chad 140 1.4
 Côte d'Ivoire‡ 3006 24.7
 Gabon 970 8.4
 Gabon† 1276 32.4
 Guinea-Bissau 1154 10.6
 Liberia 527 4.7
 Mali 2369 52.0
 Niger 308 18.0
 Nigeria§¶ 15 122 6.8
 Republic of the Congo 460 0.4
 Senegal** 4734 39.3
 Sierra Leone 899 6.9
 Togo 1294 31.0
Africa, other
 Burundi 623 1.4
 Djibouti 91 2.2
 Egypt 180 0.6
 Ethiopia 1939 3.9
 Kenya 3719 14.9
 Madagascar 392 7.7
 Mozambique 249 4.0
 Republic of Seychelles 300 0.7
 Somalia 477 19.7
 Sudan†† 109 0.0
 Tanzania 1063 12.7
 Uganda 4236 6.3
Asia
South Asia
 India 197 16.8
 Pakistan 43 2.3
East Asia
 Hong Kong 235 4.7
Southeast Asia
 Indonesia 323 33.7
 Malaysia 340 43.5
 Malaysia† 358 49.2
 Philippines 153 12.4
 Thailand 50 16.0
 Vietnam 50 4.0
Europe
 Spain 1738 2.9
World
 Total across all countries 70 723 15.7

*Excludes one article for which seroprevalence could not be calculated.28

†Data that were estimated from graphs in the articles reviewed.34 78 89

‡Reports results of NT for sera that were tested with multiple test modalities.21

§Possibly reports duplicate results of 294 sera, including 89 that tested positive.68 86

¶Reports results from the more recent test for individuals tested twice.69

**Reports results of IP for sera that were tested with multiple test modalities.22

††Reports results of NT for sera that were tested with multiple test modalities.23