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High prevalence of mumps in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2014
Hübschen J M, Vilivong K, Souvannaso C, Black A P, Lütteke N, Samountry B, Phongsavath V, Khamphaphongphane B, Denny J, Sayyavong C, Woo G K S, Sengsaya K, Sausy A, Vongphrachanh P, Jutavijittum P, Phonekeo D, Muller C P
Abstract excerpt
In the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), mumps is not a notifiable disease and mumps vaccine is currently not included in the routine childhood immunization programme. In order to assess the burden of disease, we investigated the seroprevalence of mumps-specific IgG antibodies across four provinces. In addition, we genetically characterized mumps viruses from the past 3 years from several outbreaks and...
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