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. 2019 Jul 18;19:958. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7252-9

Table 3.

Evidence of dengue infection in febrile children according to risk factors

Risk factors DENV Positive (%) DENV Negative (%) p-value RR (95% CI)
Covered household water container 0.0001* 0.1478 (0.0678–0.32)
 Yes (n = 458) 7 (1.5) 451 (98.5)
 No (n = 503) 52 (10.3) 451 (89.7)
Frequency of wearing long sleeve shirts and trousers 0.0001* 0.1647 (0.0249–0.2844)
 Yes (n = 683) 17 (2.5) 666 (97.5)
 No (n = 278) 42 (15.1) 236 (84.9)
Frequency of indoor insecticide sprays 0.0001* 0.1727 (0.0702–0.2884)
 Yes (n = 725) 21 (2.9) 704 (97.1)
 No (n = 236) 38 (16.1) 198 (83.9)