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

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 4 Complemental criteria utilized by physicians to diagnose arboviral infections

Complemental Criteria	Arbovirus^a		Dengue^a		Chikungunya^a		Zika^a
Complemental Criteria	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	363	100	280	100	48	100	35	100
SC	111	30.58	84	30.00	14	29.17	13	37.14
SC + PSCC	148	40.77	105	37.50	23	47.92	20	57.14
SC + HC	38	10.47	35	12.50	2	4.17	1	2.86
SC + LO	29	7.99	25	8.93	3	6.25	1	2.86
SC + PSCC + HC	14	3.86	11	3.93	3	6.25	0	0.00
SC + PSCC + LO	10	2.75	7	2.50	3	6.25	0	0.00
SC + HC + LO	11	3.03	11	3.93	0	0.00	0	0.00
SC + PSCC + HC + LO	2	0.55	2	0.71	0	0.00	0	0.00

Symptom compliance (SC): Patient whose clinical symptoms comply with an arboviral infection. Patient with suspected close contact (PSCC): Patient who reported close contact with a clinically diagnosed arboviral case in the last 2 weeks. Hemogram Compatible (HC): Patient presents hemogram findings compatible with an arboviral infection such as leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, among others. Local Outbreak (LO): Patient resides or frequently attends a specific area or neighborhood that has recently reported a high number of arboviral cases
^aCases with complete clinical data

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