Table 3 Laboratory diagnosis among patients with RT-PCR confirmation and virus isolation in the hospital-based fever surveillance established in Medellin, Colombia in 2012–2014
Characteristics | Samples processed by PCR | Samples by virus isolation | No. samples by PCR and/or virus isolation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 2013 | ||||
RT-PCR | No. processed | 173 | 35 | 23 | 135 |
Confirmed | |||||
 Negative | 158 (91.33) | 18 | 21 | 123 | |
 Positive | 15 (8.67) | 17* | 2 | 14 | |
 Serotype 1 | 1 (6.67) | 1 (5.88) | 0 | 1 | |
 Serotype 3 | 6 (40.0) | 9 (52.94) | 2 | 6 | |
 Serotype 4 | 8 (53.33) | 7 (41.18) | 0 | 7 | |