High prevalence of mumps in Lao People's Democratic Republic

• Main Authors: Hübschen,J.M., Vilivong,K., Souvannaso,C., Black,A.P., Lütteke,N., Samountry,B., Phongsavath,V., Khamphaphongphane,B., Denny,J., Sayyavong,C., Woo,G.K.S., Sengsaya,K., Sausy,A., Vongphrachanh,P., Jutavijittum,P., Phonekeo,D., Müller,C.P.
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2015
• Subjects: Medicine (all); Infectious Diseases; Microbiology (medical)
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84913607239&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38342
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2014 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 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 in...