Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
Dispatch
Chikungunya Outbreak in Guangdong Province, China, 2010
De Wu, Jie Wu, Qiaoli Zhang, Haojie Zhong, Changwen Ke
, Xiaoling Deng, Dawei Guan, Hui Li, Yonghui Zhang, Huiqiong Zhou, Jianfeng He, Linghui Li, and Xingfen Yang
, Xiaoling Deng, Dawei Guan, Hui Li, Yonghui Zhang, Huiqiong Zhou, Jianfeng He, Linghui Li, and Xingfen YangTable
Characteristics of case-patients and serum sample detection for chikungunya virus, Guangdong, China, 2010*
| Case-patient ID no. | Age, y/sex | Date of symptom onset, Sep 2010 | Signs and symptoms |
Test results |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fever | Red face | Headache | Arthralgia | Myalgia | MR | Virus isolation | Real-time RT-PCR/RT-PCR | IgM/ IgG | ||||
| D10112 | 33/F | 27 | + | – | – | + | + | + | – | +/+ | –/– | |
| D10113 | 7/M | 29 | + | + | – | + | + | + | + | +/+ | –/– | |
| D10114 | 62/M | 30 | + | + | + | + | – | – | + | +/+ | –/– | |
| D10115 | 48/F | 30 | + | – | – | + | – | + | + | +/+ | –/– | |
| D10116 | 60/M | 28 | + | – | – | + | + | – | – | +/– | –/– | |
| D10117 | 39/M | 27 | + | + | – | + | + | + | – | +/– | +/– | |
| D10118† | 59/M | 19 | + | + | – | + | – | + | ND | –/ND | +/+ | |
| D10119 | 59/F | 26 | – | + | – | + | – | + | ND | –/ND | –/– | |
| D10120 | 10/F | 26 | + | – | + | – | – | + | ND | –/ND | +/– | |
| D10121† | 56/F | 21 | + | + | – | + | – | + | ND | –/ND | +/– | |
| D10122† | 24/F | 21 | + | + | – | + | + | + | ND | –/ND | +/– | |
| D10123 | 3/F | 26 | + | – | – | – | – | + | – | +/– | –/– | |
| D10124 | 60/M | 26 | + | – | – | + | + | + | – | +/+ | –/– | |
| D10125 | 60/F | 29 | + | – | – | + | + | + | – | +/+ | +/– | |
| D10126 | 39/M | 28 | + | – | – | + | + | + | – | +/+ | +/– | |
*All samples were obtained on October 1, 2010. ID, identification; MR, maculopapular rash; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; +, positive; –, negative; ND, not done.
† Convalescent-phase case-patient.
