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

• Main Authors: Audrey Dubot-Pérès (Author), Phengta Vongphrachanh (Author), Justin Denny (Author), Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh (Author), Singharath Linthavong (Author), Bounthanom Sengkeopraseuth (Author), Amphai Khasing (Author), Vimattha Xaythideth (Author), Catrin E Moore (Author), Manivanh Vongsouvath (Author), Josée Castonguay-Vanier (Author), Bountoy Sibounheuang (Author), Thaksinaporn Taojaikong (Author), Anisone Chanthongthip (Author), Xavier de Lamballerie (Author), Paul N Newton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...