Serological evidence of rift valley fever virus among acute febrile patients in Southern Mozambique during and after the 2013 heavy rainfall and flooding: implication for the management of febrile illness

Table 1 Chronological information and laboratory results of the 10 patients with serological evidence of acute RVFV infection

#	Date of onset of symptoms	Date of blood collection	# days	Seroconversion of anti-RVFV IgG antibodies^a	IgM anti-RVFV in the acute sample	Real- time PCR for RVFV	Malaria blood smear	Anti-malarial treatment
1	Feb 23, 2013	Feb 24, 2013	1	yes	-	-	-	Yes
2	Feb 26, 2013	Feb 27, 2013	1	yes	-	-	-	Yes
3	Apr 17, 2013	Apr 18, 2013	1	yes	-	-	-	No
4	Apr 23, 2013	Apr 23, 2013	<1	yes	-	-	-	Yes
5	Apr 26, 2013	Apr 26, 2013	<1	yes	-	-	-	Yes
6	Apr 27, 2013	Apr 27, 2013	<1	yes	-	-	-	No
7	Apr 27, 2013	Apr 29, 2013	2	yes	+	-	-	Yes
8	May 10, 2013	May 11, 2013	1	yes	-	-	-	NA
9	May 11, 2013	May 12, 2013	1	yes	-	-	-	Yes
10	July 17, 2013	July 19, 2013	2	yes	-	-	-	No

#days: between onset disease and sample collection, np not performed, NA not available
^aSeroconversion is defined as IgG anti-RVFV level below ELISA cut-off in the acute serum and above ELISA cut-off in convalescent serum

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