Journal article
Causes of Fever in Rural Southern Laos
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol.93(3), pp.517-520
2015
Abstract
The etiology of fever in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) has remained obscure until recently owing to the lack of laboratory facilities. We conducted a study to determine the causes of fever among 229 patients without malaria in Savannakhet Province, southern Laos; 52% had evidence of at least one diagnosis (45% with single and 7% with apparent multiple infections). Among patients with only one diagnosis, dengue (30.1%) was the most common, followed by leptospirosis (7.0%), Japanese encephalitis virus infection (3.5%), scrub typhus (2.6%), spotted fever group infection (0.9%), unspecified flavivirus infection (0.9%), and murine typhus (0.4%). Herein, we discuss the empirical treatment of fever in relation to these findings.
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- Title
- Causes of Fever in Rural Southern Laos
- Authors
- Mayfong Mayxay (Author) - Mahosot Hospital, Lao People's Democratic RepublicOnanong Sengvilaipaseuth (Author) - University of Health Sciences, Lao People's Democratic RepublicAnisone Chanthongthip (Author) - University of Oxford, United KingdomAudrey Dubot-Peres (Author) - Aix-Marseille University, FranceJean-Marc Rolain (Author) - Aix-Marseille University, FrancePhilippe Parola (Author) - WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on LeptospirosisScott B Craig (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringSuhella Tulsiani (Author) - University of Copenhagen, DenmarkMary-Anne Burns (Author) - Parasitology and Entomology, Lao People's Democratic RepublicManiphone Khanthavong (Author) - Parasitology and Entomology, Lao People's Democratic RepublicSiamphay Keola (Author) - Parasitology and Entomology, Lao People's Democratic RepublicTiengkham Pongvongsa (Author) - Parasitology and Entomology, Lao People's Democratic RepublicDidier Raoult (Author) - Parasitology and Entomology, Lao People's Democratic RepublicSabine Dittrich (Author) - Parasitology and Entomology, Lao People's Democratic RepublicPaul N Newton (Author) - Parasitology and Entomology, Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Publication details
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol.93(3), pp.517-520
- Publisher
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0772
- ISSN
- 0002-9637
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2015 The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449162702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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