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

Dengue Risk among Visitors to Hawaii during an Outbreak

Carrie E. Smith*, Tammy Tom*, Jed Sasaki*, Tracy Ayers*, and Paul V. Effler*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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Table

Symptoms reported by 232 visitors after travel to Hawaii, September 12–October 10, 2001*

Symptom Reported (% frequency) by
participants with DLI, n = 94 Reported (% frequency) by
participants without DLI, n = 138 Chi-square†
Chills 80 (88) 7 (3) 114.0†
Headache 74 (79) 58 (47) 17.8†
Body pain 59 (62) 29 (18) 32.1†
Muscle aches 58 (64) 27 (19) 32.2†
Fever 58 (56) 7 (4) 51.2†
Extreme tiredness 51 (49) 34 (22) 13.4†
Nausea 44 (45) 31 (25) 6.9†
Diarrhea 38 (37) 31 (25) 2.4
Joint pain 28 (31) 20 (14) 6.9†
Vomiting 23 (20) 18 (15) 0.7
Pain behind the eyes 22 (29) 16 (12) 6.6†
Itching 15 (14) 10 (8) 1.5
Rash 13 (13) 18 (13) 0.0
Shortness of breath 10 (15) 7 (7) 2.1
Dark stool 7 (7) 4 (3) 1.2
Bloody nose 4 (7) 3 (3) 1.1
Bleeding gums 4 (4) 0 2.9

*DLI, denguelike illness, was defined as fever and/or chills, plus any of the following symptoms: headache, body aches, eye pain, muscle aches, joint pain, rash, bleeding gums, melena (dark stools), or nosebleed. Figures are exact; percentages and chi-square values were calculated by using survey weights.
†p<0.05.

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