Publication: "epidemiology and aetiology of influenza-like illness among households in metropolitan Vientiane, Lao PDR": A prospective, community-based cohort study
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2019-04-01
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19326203
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PLoS ONE. Vol.14, No.4 (2019)
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James W. Rudge, Nui Inthalaphone, Rebecca Pavlicek, Phimpha Paboriboune, Bruno Flaissier, Chou Monidarin, Nicolas Steenkeste, Viengmon Davong, Manivanh Vongsouvath, K. A. Bonath, Melinda Messaoudi, Mitra Saadatian-Elahi, Paul Newton, Hubert Endtz, David Dance, Glaucia Paranhos Baccala, Valentina Sanchez Picot "epidemiology and aetiology of influenza-like illness among households in metropolitan Vientiane, Lao PDR": A prospective, community-based cohort study. PLoS ONE. Vol.14, No.4 (2019). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0214207 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/49793
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"epidemiology and aetiology of influenza-like illness among households in metropolitan Vientiane, Lao PDR": A prospective, community-based cohort study
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Hopital Edouard Herriot
Mahidol University
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Center of Infectiology Christophe Mérieux of Laos
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Oxford University Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration
University of Health Sciences
Naval Medical Research Center-Asia
Hopital Edouard Herriot
Mahidol University
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Center of Infectiology Christophe Mérieux of Laos
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Oxford University Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration
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Naval Medical Research Center-Asia
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© 2019 Rudge et al. 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. Respiratory diseases are a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in many tropical countries, including Lao PDR. However, little has been published regarding viral or bacterial pathogens that can contribute to influenza-like illness (ILI) in a community setting. We report on the results of a community-based surveillance that prospectively monitored the incidence of ILI and its causative pathogens in Vientiane capital in Lao PDR. A cohort of 995 households, including 4885 study participants, were followed-up between May 2015 and May 2016. Nasopharyngeal swabs, throat swabs, and sputum specimens were collected from ILI cases identified through active case-finding. Real-Time PCR was used to test nasopharyngeal swabs for 21 respiratory pathogens, while throat and sputum samples were subjected to bacterial culture. Generalized linear mixed models were used to assess potential risk factors for associations with ILI. In total, 548 episodes of ILI were reported among 476 (9.7%) of the study participants and 330 (33.2%) of the study households. The adjusted estimated incidence of ILI within the study area was 10.7 (95%CI: 9.4-11.9) episodes per 100 personyears. ILI was significantly associated with age group (p<0.001), sex (p<0.001), and number of bedrooms (p = 0.04) in multivariate analysis. In 548 nasopharyngeal swabs, the most commonly detected potential pathogens were Streptococcus pneumoniae (17.0%), Staphylococcus aureus (11.3%), influenza A (11.1%; mostly subtype H3N2), rhinovirus (7.5%), and influenza B (8.0%). Streptococci were isolated from 42 (8.6%) of 536 throat swabs, most (27) of which were Lancefield Group G. Co-infections were observed in 132 (24.1%) of the 548 ILI episodes. Our study generated valuable data on respiratory disease burden and patterns of etiologies associated with community-acquired acute respiratory illness Laos. Establishment of a surveillance strategy in Laos to monitor trends in the epidemiology and burden of acute respiratory infections is required to minimize their impact on human health.