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Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
Research

Novel Assay to Measure Seroprevalence of Zika Virus in the Philippines

Cameron Adams, Ramesh Jadi, Bruno Segovia-Chumbez, Jedas Daag, Michelle Ylade, Freddy A. Medina, Tyler M. Sharp, Jorge L. Munoz-Jordan, In-Kyu Yoon, Jacqueline Deen, Anna Lena Lopez1, Aravinda M. de Silva, and Lakshmanane PremkumarComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (C. Adams, R. Jadi, B. Segovia-Chumbez, A.M. de Silva, L. Premkumar); University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines (J. Daag, M. Ylade, J. Deen, A.L. Lopez); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA (F.A. Medina, T.M. Sharp, J.L. Munoz-Jordan); Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, Washington, DC, USA (I.-K. Yoon)

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Table

Demographics of study cohort and number of participants with ZIKV EDIII type-specific antibody in study of novel assay to measure ZIKV seroprevalence in the Philippines

Category Total no. (%) No. (%) ZIKV positive p value*
All participants
 547
 98 (18)
Sex
0.50
M
 218 (40)
 35 (16)
F
 329 (60)
 63 (19)
Location
0.90
Balamban
 145 (27)
 25 (17)
Bogo
 402 (73)
 73 (18)
Specific type
0.06
Naive
 60 (11)
 6 (10)
Monotypic
 43 (8)
 3 (7)
Multitypic 444 (81) 89 (20)

*Association between ZIKV serostatus and sex or location measured by Fisher exact test. Association between ZIKV serostatus and DENV-type serostatus measured by χ2 test.

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1Deceased.

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