Table 3

Chikungunya self-reported symptoms × serological status in the community.

Population-based survey, Reunion Island outbreak, August – October 2006 (post-epidemic era)

Symptoms
Negative serology
Positive serology *
Total




Arthralgia
111
(12.6)
770
(87.4)
881
Fever
92
(10.9)
753
(89.1)
845
Asthenia
89
(12.8)
605
(87.2)
694
Headache
69
(11.2)
545
(88.8)
614
Myalgia
68
(12.0)
497
(88.0)
565
Rash
41
(7.7)
493
(92.3)
534
Pruritus
36
(7.9)
421
(92.1)
457
Vomiting
31
(14.2)
188
(85.8)
219
Diarrhea
21
(13.5)
135
(86.5)
156
Depression
19
(13.2)
125
(86.8)
144
Fever and arthralgia
89
(13.0)
594
(87.0)
683
Total
118
(100)
805
(100)
923

Data are numbers of persons questioned and (row) percentages. Positive Predictive value (PPV) *

Gérardin et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:99   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-99