Table 1. Demography, exposures and symptoms in the total study population (n = 560).
Taita- Taveta | Nairobi | Other* | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % |
No. of subjects | 322 | 57.5 | 230 | 41.1 | 8 | 1.4 |
‘dengue marker positive’ | 47 | 14.6 | 8 | 3.5 | ||
<30 | ≥30 | Missing | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Age | 365 | 65.18 | 184 | 32.86 | 11 | 1.96 |
Female | Male | Missing | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | 287 | 51.25 | 263 | 46.96 | 10 | 1.79 |
Patient history | Yes | No | Missing | |||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Travel history | 142 | 25.4 | 413 | 73.8 | 5 | 0.9 |
HIV positive | 77 | 13.8 | 483 | 86.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Malaria positive | 59 | 10.5 | 501 | 89.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with goats | 160 | 28.6 | 400 | 71.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with cattle | 123 | 22.0 | 437 | 78.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with sheep | 38 | 6.8 | 522 | 93.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with swine | 1 | 0.2 | 559 | 99.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with chicken | 236 | 42.1 | 324 | 57.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with dogs | 95 | 17.0 | 465 | 83.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with cats | 151 | 27.0 | 409 | 73.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with rodents | 345 | 61.6 | 215 | 38.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
Contact with bats | 100 | 17.9 | 460 | 82.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Rash | 34 | 6.1 | 526 | 93.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
Joint pain | 209 | 37.3 | 351 | 62.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Myalgia | 190 | 33.9 | 370 | 66.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Vomiting | 122 | 21.8 | 438 | 78.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Diarrhoea | 77 | 13.8 | 483 | 86.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Bleeding tendency | 2 | 0.4 | 558 | 99.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
Headache | 162 | 28.9 | 398 | 71.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sore throat | 39 | 7.0 | 521 | 93.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Cough | 141 | 25.2 | 419 | 74.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mean | Std | |||||
Temperature | 38.61 | 0.63 |
*Place of residence not known.