Accuracy of Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika diagnoses by primary healthcare physicians in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population based on physicians’ clinical diagnosis

	Dengue		Chikungunya		Zika		Total Arbovirus^a		Febrile
	n = 316		n = 51		n = 48		n = 415		n = 248
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
0–5 years	42	13.29	1	1.96	0	0	43	10.36	87	35.08
6–20 years	105	33.23	8	15.69	15	31.25	128	30.84	65	26.21
21–40 years	114	36.08	24	47.06	21	43.75	159	38.31	71	28.36
> 40 years	55	17.41	18	35.29	12	25.00	85	20.48	25	10.08
Gender
Male	120	37.97	17	33.33	19	39.58	156	37.59	97	39.11
Female	196	62.03	34	66.67	29	60.42	259	62.41	151	60.89
Area of Residence
Urban	279	88.29	45	88.24	38	79.17	362	87.23	223	89.92
Rural	37	11.71	6	11.76	10	20.83	53	12.77	25	10.08
Education Level
Not apply^b	46	14.56	4	7.84	4	8.33	54	13.01	87	35.08
School/College student	109	34.49	13	25.49	14	29.17	136	32.77	68	27.42
Incomplete Primary	30	9.49	5	9.8	3	6.25	38	9.16	18	7.26
Complete Primary	31	9.81	6	11.76	8	16.67	45	10.84	22	8.87
Incomplete High school	40	12.66	11	21.57	3	6.25	54	13.01	19	7.66
Complete High school or higher	60	18.99	12	23.53	16	33.33	88	21.2	34	13.71

^aTotal Arbovirus is the sum of all Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika clinical cases from 2016 and 2017
^bPatients younger than 6 years old that have not initiated school education

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