Characteritics | Positive Leptospirosis IgM ELISA test | Negative Leptospirosis IgM ELISA test | Equivocal Leptospirosis IgM ELISA test | P value* | ||||
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No | % | No | % | No | % | |||
Age (years) | 0–9 | 6 | 14.3 | 190 | 43.8 | 3 | 14.3 | 0.07 |
10–19 | 13 | 31.0 | 92 | 21.2 | 8 | 38.1 | 0.86 | |
20–29 | 13 | 31.0 | 77 | 17.7 | 5 | 23.8 | 0.17 | |
30–39 | 4 | 9.5 | 35 | 8.1 | 2 | 9.5 | 0.35 | |
40–49 | 2 | 4.7 | 27 | 6.2 | 2 | 9.5 | 0.76 | |
> 50 | 4 | 9.5 | 13 | 3.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.36 | |
Time interval between symptoms and serum sampling (days) | < 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.4 | 1 | 4.8 | NA |
1–4 | 14 | 33.3 | 180 | 41.5 | 7 | 33.3 | 0.09 | |
5–10 | 28 | 66.6 | 247 | 56.9 | 13 | 61.9 | 0.26 | |
> 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | NA | |
Time interval between serum sampling and lab storage (days) | < 1 | 7 | 16.7 | 120 | 27.6 | 3 | 14.3 | NA |
1–4 | 25 | 59.5 | 227 | 52.3 | 13 | 61.9 | 0.53 | |
5–10 | 9 | 21.4 | 71 | 16.4 | 3 | 14.3 | 0.34 | |
> 10 | 1 | 2.4 | 16 | 3.7 | 2 | 9.5 | 0.35 | |
Total | 42 | 100 | 434 | 100 | 21 | 100 |