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. 2020 Aug 5;5(3):128. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030128

Table 1.

Zika virus testing by test type, 2016–2018. This table depicts testing by test type and total positives by test type. Plaque-reducing neutralization testing (PRNT) took place for IgM non-negative specimens. IgM samples had a 2.18% positivity rate, while RT-PCR samples had a 0.11% positivity rate. Overall positivity rate for these specimens was 1.16%.

IgM-ELISA RT-PCR PRNT Total Results
2016 70 (25.36%) 196 (71.01%) 10 (3.62%) 276
2017 6649 (45.50%) 7855 (53.75%) 110 (0.75%) 14,614
2018 6015 (42.49%) 8026 (56.70%) 114 (0.81%) 14,155
Total Tested 12,734 (43.84%) 16,077 (55.35%) 234 (0.81%) 29,045
Total Positives 277 (2.18%) 17 (0.11%) 44 (18.80%) 338 (1.16%)