TABLE 8.
Visit days and symptom data/sample collection for study participants (n = 296) in Managua, Nicaragua, during October to November 2015
| Participant category | Description of data/sample collectionc |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 days before the day 1 visit | Day 1 visit (day of enrollment) | Day 3 visit | Day 14 visit | Day 35 visit | |
| Index cases (n = 60) | Visited HCSFV and received a diagnosis of symptomatic chikungunya | Reported signs/symptoms in previous 72 h, gave a blood sample | Reported signs/symptoms in previous 72 h | Reported signs/symptoms since the day 3 visit, gave a blood sample | |
| Household contacts (n = 236) | Reported signs/symptoms in previous 72 h, gave a blood sample | Reported signs/symptoms in previous 72 h | Reported signs/symptoms since the day 3 visit, gave a blood samplea | Reported signs/symptoms since the day 3 visit, gave a blood sampleb | |
a
Among rRT-PCR-positive contacts on the day 1 sample.
b
Among rRT-PCR-negative contacts on the day 1 sample.
c
Abbreviations: HCSFV, Health Center Sócrates Flores Vivas; rRT-PCR, real-time reverse transcription-PCR.