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, Audrey, Vongphrachanh, Phengta, Denny, Justin, Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone, Linthavong, Singharath, Sengkeopraseuth, Bounthanom, Khasing, Amphai, Xaythideth, Vimattha, Moore, Catrin E., Vongsouvath, Manivanh, Castonguay-Vanier, Josée, Sibounheuang, Bountoy, Taojaikong, Thaksinaporn, Chanthongthip, Anisone, de Lamballerie, Xavier, Newton, Paul N.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738459/