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Volume 27, Number 5—May 2021

Dispatch

Evaluating Differences in Whole Blood, Serum, and Urine Screening Tests for Zika Virus, Puerto Rico, USA, 2016

Asher Y. Rosinger1, Samantha M. Olson1Comments to Author , Sascha R. Ellington, Janice Perez-Padilla, Regina M. Simeone, Caitlin S. Pedati, Betsy A. Schroeder, Gilberto A. Santiago, Freddy A. Medina, Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán, Laura E. Adams, Romeo R. Galang, Miguel Valencia-Prado, Sonia Bakkour, Candimar Colón, Mary Goodwin, Dana Meaney-Delman, Jennifer S. Read, Lyle R. Petersen, Denise J. Jamieson, Carmen C. Deseda, Margaret A. Honein, Brenda Rivera-García, and Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza
Author affiliations: The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA (A.Y. Rosinger); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.Y. Rosinger, S.M. Olson, S.R. Ellington, R.M. Simeone, C.S. Pedati, B.A. Schroeder, R.R. Galang, M. Goodwin, D. Meaney-Delman, D.J. Jamieson, M.A. Honein, C.K. Shapiro-Mendoza); G2S Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, USA (S.M. Olson); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA (J. Perez-Padilla, G.A. Santiago, F.A. Medina, J.L. Muñoz-Jordán, L.E. Adams, C. Colón, J.S. Read); Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, Iowa, USA (C.S. Pedati); Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (B.A. Schroeder); Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan (M. Valencia-Prado, C.C. Deseda, B. Rivera-García); Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA (S. Bakkour); University of Vermont Medical Center and Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, Vermont, USA (J.S. Read); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (L.R. Petersen); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (D.J. Jamieson)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics among 514 asymptomatic pregnant women, Puerto Rico, USA, October 1–November 4, 2016*

Characteristics Results
Median age, y (range)
 25 (15–43)
Trimester of pregnancy at specimen collection†
1st trimester: <14 weeks gestation 170 (33)
2nd trimester: 14–27 weeks gestation 187 (36)
3rd trimester: >28 weeks gestation 156 (30)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated.
†Data regarding trimester at time of specimen collection was missing for 1 pregnant woman.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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