Volume 22, Number 11—November 2016
Dispatch
Co-infections with Chikungunya and Dengue Viruses, Guatemala, 2015
Thomas Edwards
, Leticia del Carmen Castillo Signor, Christopher Williams, Evelin Donis, Luis E. Cuevas1, and Emily R. Adams1
, Leticia del Carmen Castillo Signor, Christopher Williams, Evelin Donis, Luis E. Cuevas1, and Emily R. Adams1
Table
Characteristics of patients infected with chikungunya virus, dengue virus, or both, Guatemala, 2015*
| Characteristic | CHIKV moninfection | DENV monoinfection | DENV/CHIKV co-infection | p value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHIKV vs co-infection | DENV vs co-infection | ||||
| No. samples tested | 49 | 49 | 46 | ||
| Sex | |||||
| M | 15/48 (31) | 23/45 (51) | 21/46 (46) | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| F | 33/48 (69) | 22/45 (49) | 25/46 (54) | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Age, y | |||||
| <1 | 2/48 (4.2) | 3/45 (7) | 5/46 (11) | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| 2–16 | 15/48 (31) | 26/45 (58) | 19/46 (41) | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 17–30 | 13/48 (27) | 6/45 (13) | 9/46 (20) | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 31–60 | 14/48 (29) | 9/45 (20) | 10/46 (22) | 0.5 | 1 |
| >60 | 4/48 (8.3) | 1/45 (2) | 3/46 (7) | 1 | 0.6 |
| Sign/symptom | |||||
| Hemorrhage | 7/49 (14) | 11/44 (25) | 8/44 (18) | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Arthralgia/myalgia | 41/44 (93) | 36/42 (86) | 35/45 (77) | 0.07 | 0.4 |
| Fever | 43/48 (90) | 41/42 (98) | 46/46 (100) | 0.06 | 0.5 |
| Rash | 31/48 (65) | 11/43 (26) | 23/44 (52) | 0.3 | 0.02 |
| Nausea | 26/46 (57) | 31/44 (70) | 22/44 (50) | 0.7 | 0.08 |
| Vomiting | 13/46 (28) | 21/43 (49) | 16/45 (36) | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Diarrhea | 3/18 (17) | 10/34 (29) | 6/25 (24) | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Headache | 40/47 (85) | 35/42 (83) | 40/44 (91) | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Hospitalization | 0/48 (0) | 16/45 (36) | 8/46 (17) | 0.002 | 0.09 |
| Death | 0/48 (0) | 4/45 (9) | 2/46 (4) | 0.2 | 0.4 |
*Values are no. positive/no. tested (%) unless otherwise indicated. CHIKV, chikungunya virus; DENV, dengue virus.
1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.
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