@article{fdi:010065288,
  title = {{C}auses of fever in rural southern {L}aos},
  author = {{M}ayxay, {M}. and {S}engvilaipaseuth, {O}. and {C}hanthongthip, {A}. and {D}ubot {P}{\'e}r{\`e}s, {A}udrey and {R}olain, {J}. {M}. and {P}arola, {P}. and {C}raig, {S}. {B}. and {T}ulsiani, {S}. and {B}urns, {M}. {A}. and {K}hanthavong, {M}. and {K}eola, {S}. and {P}ongvongsa, {T}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {D}ittrich, {S}. and {N}ewton, {P}. {N}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he etiology of fever in rural {L}ao {P}eople's {D}emocratic {R}epublic ({L}aos) has remained obscure until recently owing to the lack of laboratory facilities. {W}e conducted a study to determine the causes of fever among 229 patients without malaria in {S}avannakhet {P}rovince, southern {L}aos; 52% had evidence of at least one diagnosis (45% with single and 7% with apparent multiple infections). {A}mong patients with only one diagnosis, dengue (30.1%) was the most common, followed by leptospirosis (7.0%), {J}apanese 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%). {W}e discuss the empirical treatment of fever in relation to these findings.},
  keywords = {{LAOS}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {93},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {517--520},
  ISSN = {0002-9637},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.4269/ajtmh.14-0772},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065288},
}