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An epidemic of dengue-1 in a remote village in rural Laos.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2013
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
Abstract excerpt
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, Asia 3 clade. Phylogenetic analyses of 37 other dengue-1 sequences from diverse areas of Laos between 2007 and 2010...
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