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 to the genotype 1, A...

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Main Authors: Dubot-Pérès, A, Vongphrachanh, P, Denny, J, Phetsouvanh, R, Linthavong, S, Sengkeopraseuth, B, Khasing, A, Xaythideth, V, Moore, C, Vongsouvath, M, Castonguay-Vanier, J, Sibounheuang, B, Taojaikong, T, Chanthongthip, A, De Lamballerie, X, Newton, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013