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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 3500 febrile children screened for CHIKV infection

From: Endemic chikungunya fever in Kenyan children: a prospective cohort study

 

Ngerenya dispensary (N = 1701)

Pingilikani dispensary (N = 1799)

 

CHIKF cases

n/N (%)

P value

(Chi2 test)

CHIKF cases

n/N (%)

P value (Chi2 test)

Sex

 

0.55

 

0.07

 Female

132/763(17.3)

 

89/884 (10.1)

 

 Male

152/938 (16.2)

 

70/915 (7.6)

 

Age (years)

 

0.27

 

0.67

 < 1

54/260 (20.8)

 

25/341 (7.3)

 

 1 to < 5

151/926 (16.3)

 

69/774 (8.9)

 

 5 to < 10

66/430 (15.3)

 

43/469 (9.2)

 

 10 to 15

13/85 (15.3)

 

22/215 (10.2)

 

Year

 

< 0.001

 

0.05

 2014

No data

 

43/509 (8.4)

 

 2015

11/503 (2.2)

 

37/366 (10.1)

 

 2016

165/537 (30.7)

 

43/365 (11.8)

 

 2017

91/370 (24.6)

 

17/304 (5.6)

 

 2018

17/291 (5.8)

 

19/255 (7.4)

 

Season

 

< 0.001

 

0.15

 Jan – Mar

93/423(22.0)

 

49/432 (11.3)

 

 Apr – Jun

76/392 (19.4)

 

58/678 (8.5)

 

 Jul – Sep

66/496 (13.3)

 

31/443 (7.0)

 

 Oct – Dec

49/390 (12.6)

 

21/246 (8.5)

 

Clinical diagnosis

 

0.58

 

0.06

 Othera

26/160 (16.2)

 

35/506 (6.9)

 

 Malaria

13/94 (13.8)

 

70/591 (11.8)

 

 Pneumonia

9/58 (15.5)

 

18/242 (7.4)

 

 URTI

198/1197 (16.5)

 

20/231 (8.7)

 

 Gastroenteritis

13/83 (15.7)

 

1/12 (8.3)

 

 Undifferentiated fever

25/109 (22.9)

 

15/217 (6.9)

 
  1. a‘Other’ clinical diagnosis includes: helminthiasis, ear infections, and non-infectious conditions such as wounds, burns, and malnutrition