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Volume 11, Number 5—May 2005
THEME ISSUE
Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Dengue Fever, Hawaii, 2001–2002

Paul V. Effler*Comments to Author , Lorrin Pang*, Paul Kitsutani†, Vance Vorndam†, Michele Nakata*, Tracy Ayers*, Joe Elm*, Tammy Tom*, Paul Reiter†, José G. Rigau-Perez†, John M. Hayes†, Kristin Mills*, Mike Napier‡, Gary G. Clark†, Duane J. Gubler*, and for the Hawaii Dengue Outbreak Investigation Team
Author affiliations: *Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ‡Pacific Disaster Center, Kihei, Hawaii, USA

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Table 1

Dengue testing in Hawaii, by island and status, 2001–2002

Island Population* No. tested Dengue infection status†
Positive Negative Indeterminate
Hawaii 148,677 152 0 107 45
Kauai 58,303 143 4 104 35
Lanai 3,193 2 0 1 1
Maui 117,644 637 92 396 149
Molokai 7,404 5 0 4 1
Oahu 876,151 705 26 488 191
Total 1,211,372 1,644 122 1,100 422

*Source: (13). Excludes 160 persons from the privately owned island of Niihau.
†Excludes imported dengue.

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1The Hawaii Dengue Outbreak Investigation Team included the authors plus Karen Mark, Steven Hinten, Melanie Myers, Robert Ueki, Gail Kunimoto, David Sasaki, Kathleen Street, and Manuel Amador.

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