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Table 1 Demographic distribution of seropositive febrile patients

From: Serological evidence of Zika virus infection in febrile patients at Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Accra Ghana

Variables

Zika virus antibodies, n = 33

IgM (30)

P-value

IgG (3)

P-value

Age groups

 3–20

4 (13%)

0

  

 21–30

8 (26.7%)

2 (66.7%)

  

 31–40

6 (20%)

 

0

 

 41–50

7 (23.3%)

0.004*

1 (33.3)

0.203

 51–60

3 (10%)

 

0

 

 61 and above

2 (6.7%)

0

  

Gender

 Male

11 (36.7%)

 

0

 

 Female

19 (63.3%)

0.166

3 (100%)

0.500

  1. n number of Zika virus seropositive
  2. * Statistically significant difference between age groups (P = 0.004). P is significant at 0.05