Volume 14, Number 3—March 2008
Research
Chikungunya Fever in Travelers Returning to Europe from the Indian Ocean Region, 2006
Table 3
Detection of chikungunya virus infections in patients at initial examination, by laboratory test, 2006*
| Period | IgG and IgM |
IgG only |
IgM only |
RT-PCR† |
RT-PCR only |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | Total | No. (%) | Total | No. (%) | Total | No. (%) | Total | No. (%) | Total | |||||
| Jan–Jun | 85 (23.1) | 368 | 5 (1.4) | 368 | 2 (0.5) | 368 | 42 (11.8) | 355 | 9 (2.5) | 355 | ||||
| Jul–Dec | 13 (4.2) | 312 | 9 (2.9) | 312 | 0 | 312 | 6 (30) | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Total | 98 (14.4) | 680 | 14 (2.1) | 680 | 2 (0.3) | 680 | 48 (12.8) | 375 | 9 (2.4) | 375 | ||||
*Ig, immunoglobulin; RT-PCR, reverse transcription–PCR.
†Some patients were tested by using both RT-PCR and immunofluorescence; only RT-PCR results are given.
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