Trends in the incidence of acute watery diarrhoea in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2009-2013

• Main Authors: Souphatsone Houatthongkham (Author), Noikaseumsy Sithivong (Author), Gregory Jennings (Author), Manilay Phengxay (Author), Phanthaneeya Teepruksa (Author), Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane (Author), Phengta Vongphrachanh (Author), Kongmany Southalack (Author), Dapeng Luo (Author), Cindy H Chiu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under age 5 worldwide, with rotavirus being the main etiology. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic, acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) was introduced as one of the national notifiable diseases in 2004. We retrospectively reviewed...