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Volume 25, Number 6—June 2019
Research

Joint Estimation of Relative Risk for Dengue and Zika Infections, Colombia, 2015–2016

Daniel Adyro Martínez-Bello1Comments to Author , Antonio López-Quílez, and Alexander Torres Prieto
Author affiliations: University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain (D.A. Martínez-Bello, A. López-Quílez); Secretary of Health of the Department of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia (A. Torres Prieto)

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Table 2

Zika and dengue suspected and confirmed cases reported in Colombia, department of Santander, and city of Bucaramanga, 2015–2016

Disease, level
 Suspected*
 Confirmed†
 Total‡
 Incidence rate§
 Population × 1,000
Zika
Colombia¶ 96,860 9,799 106,659 219.0 48,654
Santander# 9,420 547 9,967 493.1 2,090
Bucaramanga**
 No data
 No data
 3,662
 692.8
 529
Dengue
Colombia†† 100,117 899 101,016 207.6 48,654
Santander†† No data No data 6934 331.6 2,090
Bucaramanga** No data No data 2470 467.3 529

*Based on clinical signs.
†Laboratory confirmed.
‡Suspected cases with laboratory confirmation.
§(Total no. cases/population × 1,000) × 100,000.
¶August 9, 2015–January 5, 2017 (3).
#Epidemiologic week 45 of 2015 to epidemiologic week 52 of 2016 (3).
**Epidemiologic week 45 of 2015 to epidemiologic week 52 of 2016 (this study).
††Epidemiologic weeks 1–52, 2016 (2).

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1Current affiliation: Health and Environment Secretary, Bucaramanga, Colombia.

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