High prevalence of mumps in Lao People’s Democratic Republic》.pdf

ORIGINAL ARTICLE VIROLOGY High prevalence of mumps in Lao People’s Democratic Republic € 1,2 1 1 1,2 € 1,2 3 4 J. M. H ubschen , K. Vilivong , C. Souvannaso , A. P. Black , N. Lutteke , B. Samountry , V. Phongsavath , 5 6 7 8 5 1,2 5 9 B. Khamphaphongphane , J. Denny , C. Sayyavong , G. K. S. Woo , K. Sengsaya , A. Sausy , P. Vongphrachanh , P. Jutavijittum , D. Phonekeo5,10 and C. P. Muller 1,2 1) LaoLuxLab, Institut Pasteur du Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 2) Institute of Immunology, Centre de Recherche Public de la Sante/Laboratoire National de Sante, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 3) Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 4) Section of Laboratory, Luangprabang Provincial Hospital, Luangprabang, 5) National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, 6) WHO Lao Country Office, Vientiane, 7) Vientiane Capital Health Office, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 8) Public Health Laboratory Services Branch, Department of Health, Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong SAR, China, 9) Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand and 10) Institut Pasteur du Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR Abstract 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 seropr