Table 2.
Symptoms and signs reported by patients in comparison with studies in other countries.
Symptom | New Zealand 2012 | China 1995 [15] (%) | Hawaii 1998 [16] (%) | Barbados 1990 [17] (%) |
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N = 43 (%) | N = 75 | N = 353 | N = 88 | |
Fever | 93 | — | 99 | 85 |
Myalgia | 86 | 100 | 91 | 49 |
Headache | 86 | 89 | 89 | 76 |
Nausea | 77 | 56 | 77 | 37 |
Vomiting | 60 | 51 | 73 | 50 |
Anorexia | 60 | 92 | 82 | 85 |
Rigors | 53 | — | — | — |
Arthralgia | 40 | 51 | 59 | 21 |
Conjunctival suffusion | 40 | 97 | 28 | 54 |
Photophobia | 30 | — | — | 5 |
Diarrhoea | 30 | 30 | 53 | 14 |
Cough | 30 | 55 | — | 32 |
Abdominal pain | 26 | 31 | 51 | 43 |
Sore throat | 16 | — | — | 7 |
Neck stiffness | 14 | — | 27 | 2 |
Dyspnoea | 12 | — | — | — |
Rash | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Jaundice | 9 | 72 | — | 95 |
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Sign | ||||
Abdominal tenderness | 42 | — | — | 25 |
Oliguria | 30 | — | — | 13 |
Pulmonary crepitations | 21 | — | 17 | — |
Hepatomegaly | 12 | — | 16 | 27 |
Meningism | 7 | — | 27 | — |
Lymphadenopathy | 2 | — | — | 25 |
Splenomegaly | 2 | — | 4 | — |