Table 1. Prevalence of previous chikungunya virus infection, determined by detection of IgG, by demographic and clinical characteristics, Salvador, Brazil, November 2016–February 2017.
Characteristic | No. participants | No. positive (prevalence, %) | p value |
---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic | |||
Sex | |||
M | 761 | 93 (12.2) | 0.60 |
F | 1,011 | 116 (11.5) | |
Age, y | |||
5–14 | 396 | 41 (8.1) | 0.35 |
15–39 | 921 | 104 (11.9) | |
≥40 | 455 | 63 (14.9) | |
Skin color | |||
Nonwhite | 1,662 | 199 (12.0) | 0.39 |
White | 110 | 10 (9.1) | |
Household per capita income in US$/day* | |||
≤5.50 | 1,429 | 171 (12.0) | 0.69 |
>5.50 | 340 | 37 (10.9) | |
Education | |||
Illiterate | 76 | 14 (18.4) | 0.06 |
Literate | 1,696 | 195 (11.5) | |
Occupation/work | |||
Yes | 604 | 60 (9.9) | 0.08 |
No | 1,164 | 148 (12.7) | |
Residence located in an unpaved street | |||
Yes | 1,003 | 139 (13.9) | 0.02 |
No | 767 | 70 (9.1) | |
Type of residence construction | |||
Plastered wall | 1,447 | 154 (10.6) | 0.04 |
Unplastered wall | 211 | 33 (15.6) | |
Wood or other material | 106 | 21 (19.8) | |
Residents per household | |||
1 | 145 | 13 (9.0) | 0.31 |
2–3 | 676 | 89 (13.2) | |
4–5 | 608 | 60 (9.0) | |
≥6 |
340 |
5 (13.5) |
|
Clinical: reported symptoms† | |||
Fever and arthralgia | |||
None | 1,212 | 111 (9.2) | <0.01 |
Only fever | 322 | 38 (11.8) | |
Only arthralgia | 89 | 20 (22.5) | |
Both, not simultaneous | 40 | 7 (17.5) | |
Both, simultaneous | 96 | 32 (33.3) | |
Myalgia | |||
Yes | 222 | 42 (18.9) | <0.01 |
No | 1,548 | 167 (10.8) | |
Rash | |||
Yes | 216 | 50 (23.2) | <0.01 |
No | 1,554 | 158 (10.2) | |
Pruritus | |||
Yes | 206 | 46 (22.3) | <0.01 |
No |
1,563 |
163 (10.4) |
|
Presumptive clinical diagnosis | |||
Chikungunya | |||
Yes | 48 | 24 (50.0) | <0.01 |
No | 1,724 | 185 (10.7) | |
Dengue | |||
Yes | 111 | 21 (18.9) | 0.02 |
No | 1,661 | 188 (11.3) | |
Zika | |||
Yes | 147 | 38 (25.9) | <0.01 |
No | 1,625 | 171 (10.5) |
*Data not shown for 3 participants. †Reported symptoms with onset after January 2015.