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Table 1 Frequency of past and recent dengue infection among parturients and the umbilical cord sera and the Kappa agreement for IgG placental transfer

From: Prevalence and incidence of dengue virus and antibody placental transfer during late pregnancy in central Brazil

Dengue infection

Parturients

Cord serum

Kappa

(n = 505)

(n = 505)

Past Infection

   

IgG positive (95% CI)

53.9% (49.4–58.3)

55.0% (50.6–59.4)*

0.96

Recent infection

   

IgM**positive and RT-PCR detection (95% CI)

2.8% (1.4–4.4)

0%

na

  1. * IgG placental transfer.
  2. **IgM positivity: commercial and in house ELISA tests.
  3. na; not applicable.