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

• Autores principales: Souphatsone Houatthongkham (Autor), Noikaseumsy Sithivong (Autor), Gregory Jennings (Autor), Manilay Phengxay (Autor), Phanthaneeya Teepruksa (Autor), Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane (Autor), Phengta Vongphrachanh (Autor), Kongmany Southalack (Autor), Dapeng Luo (Autor), Cindy H Chiu (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...