Volume 28, Number 2—February 2022
Research Letter
Antenatal Seroprevalence of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses, Kingston Metropolitan Area, Jamaica, 2017–2019
Table
Chikungunya and Zika virus results for 584 pregnant women attending 5 public antenatal clinics, Kingston Metropolitan Area, Jamaica, June 28, 2017–April 15, 2019
Virus, clinic | Tested, no. | Result |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative, no. | Equivocal, no. | Positive, no. (%) |
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Chikungunya* | |||||
A | 54 | 11 | 4 | 39 (72.2) | |
B | 159 | 19 | 0 | 140 (88.1) | |
C | 76 | 8 | 2 | 66 (86.8) | |
D | 197 | 34 | 5 | 158 (80.2) | |
E | 98 | 9 | 4 | 85 (86.7) | |
Total |
584 |
81 |
15 |
488 (83.6) |
|
Zika† | |||||
A | 54 | 44 | 0 | 10 (18.5) | |
B | 159 | 138 | 1 | 20 (12.6) | |
C | 76 | 64 | 1 | 11 (14.5) | |
D | 197 | 166 | 3 | 28 (14.2) | |
E | 98 | 75 | 1 | 22 (22.4) | |
Total | 584 | 487 | 6 | 91 (15.6) |
*Euroimmun CHIKV IgG ELISA (https://www.euroimmun.com). †BLACKBOX ZIKV IgG ELISA (https://www.bnitm.de).
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 2nd International Conference on Zika Virus and Aedes Related Infections; June 14–17, 2018; Tallinn, Estonia.
2Members of the ZIKAction Consortium are listed at the end of this article.