An epidemic of dengue-1 in a remote village in rural Laos.

An epidemic of dengue-1 in a remote village in rural Laos.

In the Lao PDR (Laos), urban dengue is an increasingly recognised public health problem. We describe a dengue-1 virus outbreak in a rural northwestern Lao forest village during the cool season of 2008. The isolated strain was genotypically "endemic" and not "sylvatic," belonging...

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Main Authors: Audrey Dubot-Pérès, Phengta Vongphrachanh, Justin Denny, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Singharath Linthavong, Bounthanom Sengkeopraseuth, Amphai Khasing, Vimattha Xaythideth, Catrin E Moore, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Josée Castonguay-Vanier, Bountoy Sibounheuang, Thaksinaporn Taojaikong, Anisone Chanthongthip, Xavier de Lamballerie, Paul N Newton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3738459?pdf=render

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