Table 3.
Symptoms in women with and without PCR-confirmed ZIKV infection.
| No. (%) Positive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signs/Symptoms | PCR-Positive n = 48 |
PCR-Negative n = 602 |
p-Value ** | |
| WHO criteria | Fever | 8 (16.7) | 82 (13.6) | 0.55 |
| Arthralgia/arthritis | 5 (10.4) | 68 (11.3) | 0.85 | |
| Rash | 2 (4.2) | 32 (5.3) | 0.73 | |
| Conjunctivitis | 1 (2.1) | 19 (3.2) | 0.68 | |
| Other symptoms | Myalgia | 4 (8.3) | 74 (12.3) | 0.42 |
| Headache | 25 (52.1) | 320 (53.2) | 0.89 | |
| Lymphadenopathy | 1 (2.1) | 33 (5.5) | 0.31 | |
| Total symptomatic | Fulfilled required WHO criteria * | 4 (8.3) | 28 (4.7) | 0.20 |
| Did not fulfill WHO criteria Total symptomatic |
10 (20.8) 14 (29.2) |
129 (21.4) 157 (26.1) |
0.20 0.69 |
|
| No symptoms | 34 (70.8) | 445 (73.9) | 0.64 | |
*A person presenting with rash and/or fever and at least one of the following signs or symptoms: arthralgia, arthritis, or conjunctivitis (non-purulent/hyperemic). ** The chi-squared test was used unless there was < 5 in any cell, in which case the Fisher’s exact test was used.