Supplementary Table 1. Breakdown of patient’s characteristics based on the hospital site of blood collection.
All (n=208)
Emergency room (n=86)
Admitted (n=64)
Outpatient clinic (n=58)
P-value
Age in years, median (IQR) 9.0 (3.6-13.3) 8.1 (2.6-12.6) 9.0 (4.4-13.0) 10.3 (4.9-14.1) 0.195
Female gender, % (n) 44.7% (93) 46.5% (40) 32.8% (21) 55.2% (32) 0.042
Seropositivity, % (n)* 8.7% (18) 7.0% (6) 7.8% (5) 12.1% (7) 0.544
IQR: interquartile range
*Seropositivity was defined as a positive commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with confirmation by immunofluorescence (rIFA).