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. 2018 May 9;10(5):248. doi: 10.3390/v10050248

Table 1.

Clinical features of the studied patients in Tapachula, Chiapas, June through July 2015 a.

Symptom CHIKV+
n = 52
AUFI
n = 9
p-Value b rRT-PCR
n = 33
IgM
n = 19
p-Value c
Arthralgia 51 (98) 8 (89) 0.275 33 (100) 18 (95) 0.365
Myalgia 51 (98) 9 (100) 1.000 33 (100) 18 (95) 0.365
Headache 47 (90) 8 (89) 1.000 32 (97) 15 (79) 0.054
Retroocular pain 16 (31) 4 (44) 0.458 12 (36) 4 (21) 0.353
Conjunctival hyperemia 21 (40) 3 (33) 1.000 13 (39) 8 (42) 1.000
Shivers 44 (85) 6 (67) 0.343 29 (88) 15 (79) 0.443
Asthenia 39 (75) 4 (44) 0.108 25 (76) 14 (74) 1.000
Rash 32 (62) 5 (56) 0.729 18 (55) 14 (74) 0.240
Pruritus 35 (67) 5 (56) 0.706 22 (67) 13 (68) 1.000
Arthritis * 34 (65) 1 (11) 0.003 * 21 (64) 13 (68) 0.771
Adenopathy 25 (48) 1 (11) 0.065 13 (39) 12 (63) 0.150
Vertigo 17 (33) 3 (33) 1.000 9 (27) 8 (42) 0.360
Gastrointestinal symptoms 50 (96) 8 (89) 0.386 32 (97) 18 (95) 1.000
Abdominal pain 20 (39) 3 (33) 1.000 13 (39) 7 (37) 1.000
Anorexia 40 (77) 6 (67) 0.676 27 (82) 13 (68) 0.317
Dysgeusia 39 (75) 4 (44) 0.108 26 (79) 13 (68) 0.510
Diarrhea 15 (29) 5 (56) 0.139 7 (21) 8 (42) 0.126
Nausea 34 (65) 5 (56) 0.710 24 (73) 10 (53) 0.226
Vomit 5 (10) 2 (22) 0.273 2 (6) 3 (16) 0.342
Hemorrhagic signs 12 (23) 4 (44) 0.224 7 (21) 5 (26) 0.739
Epistaxis 3 (6) 0 1.000 1 (3) 2 (11) 0.546
Gingivorrhagia 5 (10) 2 (22) 0.273 4 (12) 1 (5) 0.641
Petechiae 5 (10) 2 (22) 0.273 3 (9) 2 (11) 1.000

a Values are no. (%) patients. CHIKV, chikungunya virus; AUFI, acute undifferentiated fever illness; rRT-PCR, real-time reverse transcription PCR; IgM: immunoglobulin M. b CHIKV+ vs. AUFI. c rRT-PCR vs. IgM. * p < 0.01. Fisher exact test.