Prevalence and Associated Factors of Dengue Virus Circulation in the Rural Community, Handeni District in Tanga, Tanzania

Table 2

Seroprevalence and prevalence of DENV infection in the participants (N = 362).

Variables		N	DENV IgM (rapid test) positive % (n)	DENV IgG (rapid test) positive % (n)	DENV-PCR positive % (n)
Total		362	3.3 (12)	5.2 (19)	2.2 (8)
Age (years)	≤5	46	4.3 (2)	10.9 (5)	0
	6 to 17	129	2.3 (3)	3.9 (5)	4.7 (6)
	≥18	187	3.7 (7)	4.8 (9)	1.1 (2)
			> 0.05	> 0.05	= 0.1
Sex	Male	153	4.3 (9)	5.2 (8)	1.3 (2)
	Female	209	2.0 (3)	5.3 (11)	2.9 (6)
			> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05
Occupation	Farmer	325	3.1 (10)	5.5 (18)	1.8 (6)
	Business/self-employed	24	4.2 (1)	4.2 (1)	4.2 (1)
	Employed	13	7.7 (1)	0 (0.0)	7.7 (1)
			> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05
Village	Bondo	144	6.3 (9)	5.6 (8)	3.5 (5)
	Kwadoya	93	1.1 (1)	5.4 (5)	1.1 (1)
	Kwamgwe	125	1.6 (2)	4.8 (6)	1.6 (2)
			= 0.03	> 0.05	> 0.05