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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Letter

Resolution of a Chikungunya Outbreak in a Prospective Cohort, Cebu, Philippines, 2012–2014

Anon SrikiatkhachornComments to Author , Maria Theresa Alera, Catherine B. Lago, Ilya A. Tac-An, Daisy Villa, Stefan Fernandez, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Chonticha Klungthong, Jens W. Levy, John Mark Velasco, Vito G. Roque, Ananda Nisalak, Louis R. Macareo, and In-Kyu Yoon1
Author affiliations: University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (A. Srikiatkhachorn); Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences Virology Research Unit, Cebu City, Philippines (M.T. Alera, C.B. Lago); Cebu City Health Department, Cebu City (I.A. Tac-An, D. Villa); Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand (S. Fernandez, B. Thaisomboonsuk, C. Klungthong, J.W. Levy, J.M. Velasco, A. Nisalak, L.R. Macareo, I.K. Yoon); Philippines Department of Health National Epidemiology Center, Manila, Philippines (V.K. Roque, Jr.)

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Table

Incidence of subclinical and symptomatic chikungunya virus infection during 2 years of active surveillance in an age-stratified cohort, Cebu, Philippines, 2012–2014*

Only persons with negative neutralizing antibodies at beginning of 2nd year, by age
6 mo–5 y 2/1.84 (0.37–5.89) 1/0.92 (0.08–4.28) 3/2.76 (0.76–7.35)
6–15 y 1/0.77 (0.07–3.6) 3/2.32 (0.64–6.18) 4/3.09 (1.03–7.35)
16–30 y 1/1.15 (0.1–5.36) 4/4.6 (1.54–10.94) 5/5.75 (2.18–12.6)
31–50 y 1/2.11 (0.19–9.82) 4/8.43 (2.82–20.03) 5/10.53 (3.99–23.09)
>50 y 1/2.05 (0.19–9.55) 3/6.15 (1.7–16.4) 4/8.2 (2.74–19.49)
All ages 6/1.42 (0.59–2.93) 15/3.56 (2.08–5.72) 21/4.98 (3.18–7.47)

Bold indicates significantly different (p<0.05) from incidence observed among the corresponding age groups during the first year of surveillance. Prevalence of neutralizing antibodies at the beginning of the first year was 28% and at the beginning of the second year was 42%.

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1Current affiliation: International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea.

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