Table 2 The results of the household study in April 2016 showing the various arbovirus prevalence and characterization of the dengue infection in our study population
From: Multiple arboviral infections during a DENV-2 outbreak in Solomon Islands
Variable | N | Positive (prevalence %) | 95% CI (%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Arboviruses | ||||
 Dengue | 188 | 158 (83.4) | (77.7–88.3) |  |
 Zika | 172 | 13 (7.6) | (4.1–11.6) |  |
 Chikungunya | 122 | 1 (0.9) | (0.0–8.6) |  |
B. Dengue prevalence | ||||
Site | ||||
  Gizo | 110 | 88 (80.0) | (71.3–87.0) | 0.14 |
  Honiara | 78 | 69 (88.4) | (79.2–94.6) |  |
Gender | ||||
  Male | 83 | 64 (77.1) | (66.6–85.6) | 0.04 |
  Female | 105 | 93 (88.6) | (80.9–88.6) |  |
Age group | ||||
  1–5 | 26 | 16 (61.5) | (40.6–79.8) | 0.00 |
  6–10 | 24 | 18 (75) | (53.3–90.2) | 0.02 |
  11–15 | 33 | 26 (78) | (61.1–91.2) | 0.04 |
  16–20 | 20 | 19 (95) | (75.1–99.8) | 0.90 |
Main household source of income | ||||
  Private sector | 77 | 66 (85.7) | (75.9–92.0) |  |
  Government | 68 | 52 (76.5) | (64.6–85.9) | 0.61 |
  Self employed | 23 | 21 (91.3) | (72.0–98.9) | 0.16 |
  Others | 16 | 14 (87.5) | (61.5–98.5) | 0.49 |
12 months illness recall | ||||
  Was ill | 98 | 82 (83.7) | (74.8–90.3) | 0.60 |
  Had fever | 69 | 54 (78.3) | (66.7–87.3) | 0.07 |
  Had malaria | 56 | 48 (85.7) | (73.8–93.6) | 0.36 |
  Had dengue fever | 15 | 13 (86.7) | (59.5–98.3) | 0.64 |
Force of infection | ||||
  Age group 1–20 | 103 | 0.17 | (0.135–0.231) | 0.00 |