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Volume 27, Number 1—January 2021
Research

Estimating the Force of Infection for Dengue Virus Using Repeated Serosurveys, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Jacqueline K. LimComments to Author , Mabel Carabali, Tansy Edwards, Ahmed Barro, Jung-Seok Lee, Desire Dahourou, Kang Sung Lee, Teguewende Nikiema, Mee Young Shin, Emmanuel Bonnet, Therese Kagone, Losseni Kaba, Suk Namkung, Paul-André Somé, Jae Seung Yang, Valéry Ridde, In-Kyu Yoon, Neal Alexander, and Yaro Seydou
Author affiliations: International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea (J.K. Lim, M. Carabali, J.-S. Lee, K.S. Lee, M.Y. Shin, S. Namkung, J.S. Yang); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (J.K. Lim, T. Edwards, N. Alexander); Centre MURAZ, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (D. Dahourou, T. Nikiema, T. Kagone, Y. Seydou); McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M. Carabali); Action, Gouvernance, Intégration, Renforcement Program Equité, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (A. Barro, P.-A. Somé); Institut de Recherché en Sciences de la Santé, Ouagadougou (D. Dahourou); I; nstitute for Research on Sustainable Development, Université de Paris, Paris, France (E. Bonnet, V. Ridde); Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Ouagadougou (L. Kaba); Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, Washington, DC, USA (I.-K. Yoon)

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Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants in study of force of infection for dengue virus, by status of IgG seroconversion in paired surveys, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, June–July 2015*

Characteristics S1–S2,† N = 455
S2–S3,† N = 443
S3–S4,† N = 455
All IgG-S,‡ n = 33 IgG-N,‡ n = 422 p value§ All IgG-S, ‡ n = 23 IgG-N,‡ n = 420 p value§ All IgG-S, ‡ n = 78 IgG-N,‡ n = 377 p value§
Age range, y 0.003 0.002 0.037
1–4 77 4 (5.2) 73 (94.8)

74 1 (1.4) 73 (98.7)

78 13 (16.7) 65 (83.3)
5–9 138 5 (3.6) 133 (96.4) 138 3 (2.2) 135 (97.8) 146 16 (11.0) 130 (89.0)
10–14 97 5 (5.2) 92 (94.9) 95 4 (4.2) 91 (95.8) 97 16 (16.5) 81 (83.5)
15–24 91 9 (9.9) 82 (90.1) 85 7 (8.2) 78 (91.8) 85 23 (27.1) 62 (72.9)
25–55
52
10 (19.2)
42 (80.8)
51
8 (15.7)
43 (84.3)
49
10 (20.4)
39 (79.6)
Sex 0.160 0.169 0.733
M 219 12 (5.5) 207 (94.5) 216 8 (3.7) 208 (96.3) 218 36 (16.5) 182 (83.5)
F
236
21 (8.9)
215 (91.1)


227
15 (6.6)
212 (93.4)


237
42 (17.7)
195 (82.3)

Neighborhood 0.097 0.118 0.072
Juvenat fille 103 5 (4.9) 98 (95.2) 100 3 (3.0) 97 (97.0) 94 24 (25.5) 70 (74.5)
Nioko 4 0 4 (100.0) 4 0 4 (100.0) 2 0 2 (100.0)
Pazani 73 11 (15.1) 62 (84.9) 63 0 63 (100.0) 68 12 (17.7) 56 (82.4)
Zongo 118 6 (5.1) 112 (94.9) 121 10 (8.3) 111 (91.7) 157 17 (10.8) 140 (89.2)
Sector 22 61 3 (4.9) 58 (95.1) 62 3 (4.8) 59 (95.2) 57 12 (21.1) 45 (79.0)
Sector 25
96
8 (8.3)
88 (91.7)
93
7 (7.5)
86 (92.5)
77
13 (16.9)
64 (83.1)
Preexisting conditions¶ 0.014 0.013 0.458
No/unknown 404 25 (6.2) 379 (93.8) 396 17 (4.3) 379 (95.7) 402 67 (16.7) 335 (83.3)
Yes
51
8 (15.7)
43 (84.3)
47
6 (12.8)
41 (87.2)
53
11 (20.8)
42 (79.3)
Occupation 0.930 0.016 0.180
Student 221 15 (6.8) 206 (93.2) 212 6 (2.8) 206 (97.2) 232 34 (14.7) 198 (85.3)
At home# 106 8 (7.6) 98 (92.5) 106 11 (10.4) 95 (89.6) 105 24 (22.9) 81 (77.1)
Others**
128
10 (7.8)
118 (92.2)
125
6 (4.8)
119 (95.2)
118
20 (17.0)
98 (83.1)
Level of education 0.921 0.170 0.159
Illiterate/no schooling 138 9 (6.5) 129 (93.5) 139 11 (7.9) 128 (92.1) 136 23 (16.9) 113 (83.1)
Elementary 169 13 (7.7) 156 (92.3) 161 5 (3.1) 156 (96.9) 182 25 (13.7) 157 (86.3)
>Secondary
148
11 (7.4)
137 (92.6)
143
7 (4.9)
136 (95.1)
137
30 (21.9)
107 (78.1)
YF vaccination¶ 0.371 0.469 0.535
No/unknown 445 33 (7.4) 412 (92.6) 429 23 (5.4) 406 (94.6) 427 72 (16.9) 355 (83.1)
Yes
10
0
10 (100.0)
14
0
14 (100.0)
28
6 (21.4)
22 (78.6)
Previous dengue¶ NA 0.052 0.865
No/unknown 455 33 (7.3) 422 (92.8) 442 22 (5.0) 420 (95.0) 450 77 (17.1) 373 (82.9)
Yes
0
0
0
1
1 (100.0)
0
5
1 (20.0)
4 (80.0)
Signs and symptoms¶
Fever 192 15 (7.8) 177 (92.2) 0.694 111 5 (4.5) 106 (95.5) 0.706 218 41 (18.8) 177 (81.2) 0.366
Fatigue, weakness 126 9 (7.1) 117 (92.9) 0.955 108 6 (5.6) 102 (94.4) 0.845 158 35 (22.2) 123 (77.9) 0.039
Retro-orbital pain 34 4 (11.8) 30 (88.2) 0.295 26 2 (7.7) 24 (92.3) 0.637 16 1 (6.3) 15 (93.8) 0.239
Headache 248 22 (8.9) 226 (91.1) 0.145 230 9 (3.9) 221 (96.1) 0.207 292 51 (17.5) 241 (82.5) 0.807
Rash 23 0 23 (100.0) 0.397 29 2 (6.9) 27 (93.1) 0.656 18 4 (22.2) 14 (77.8) 0.560
Eye pain 39 5 (12.8) 34 (87.2) 0.161 20 3 (15.0) 17 (85.0) 0.078 28 5 (17.9) 23 (82.1) 0.918
Arthralgia 81 8 (9.9) 73 (90.1) 0.315 79 8 (10.1) 71 (89.9) 0.029‡ 81 14 (17.3) 67 (82.7) 0.970
Myalgia 57 8 (14.0) 49 (86.0) 0.035 60 3 (5.0) 57 (95.0) 0.943 65 15 (23.1) 50 (76.9) 0.170
Diarrhea 52 6 (11.5) 46 (88.5) 0.206 57 1 (1.8) 56 (98.3) 0.338 40 3 (7.5) 37 (92.5) 0.090
Nausea, vomiting 111 11 (9.9) 100 (90.1) 0.215 117 4 (3.4) 113 (96.6) 0.466 102 11 (10.8) 91 (89.2) 0.053
Abdominal pain 123 10 (8.1) 113 (91.9) 0.661 155 7 (4.5) 148 (95.5) 0.638 180 25 (13.9) 155 (86.1) 0.136
Appetite loss 128 13 (10.2) 115 (89.8) 0.135 179 5 (2.8) 174 (97.2) 0.061 114 23 (20.2) 91 (79.8) 0.321
Neck pain 18 2 (11.1) 16 (88.9) 0.381 17 3 (17.7) 14 (82.4) 0.052 14 1 (7.1) 13 (92.9) 0.481
Sore throat 30 3 (10.0) 27 (90.0) 0.470 28 2 (7.1) 26 (92.9) 0.649 21 3 (14.3) 18 (85.7) 0.722
Nasal congestion 73 4 (5.5) 69 (94.5) 0.630 58 1 (1.7) 57 (98.3) 0.339 74 9 (12.2) 65 (87.8) 0.214
Cough 72 6 (8.3) 66 (91.7) 0.700 71 1 (1.4) 70 (98.6) 0.149 115 19 (16.5) 96 (83.5) 0.838

*Values are no. or no. (%) except as indicated. Bold indicates statistical significance. IgG-S, IgG seroconverted; IgG-N, IgG negative; NA, not available; S, serosurvey; YF, yellow fever. 
†Paired survey intervals. S1–S2: July–December 2015; S2–S3: January 2016–May 2016; S3–S4: June 2016–March 2017.
‡Results of IgG indirect ELISA.
§p values based on χ2 test.
¶Based on self-report by participants.
#Housewife, retired, unemployed.
**Business owners, employees, workers, etc.

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