Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 475-483, July 2010

The infective causes of hepatitis and jaundice amongst hospitalised patients in Vientiane, Laos

  • Bounkong Syhavong

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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  • Bouachanh Rasachack

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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  • Lee Smythe

      Affiliations

    • WHO/AO/OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference & Research on Leptospirosis, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, Queensland, 4108, Australia
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  • Jean-Marc Rolain

      Affiliations

    • URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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  • Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, National Reference Centre for HAV, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, 94804 France
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  • Kemajittra Jenjaroen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Rd., Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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  • Vimone Soukkhaserm

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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  • Simmaly Phongmany

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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  • Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
    • Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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  • Sune Soukkhaserm

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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  • Te Thammavong

      Affiliations

    • National Blood Transfusion Centre, Lao Red Cross, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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  • Mayfong Mayxay

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
    • Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
    • Faculty of Post Graduate Studies, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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  • Stuart D. Blacksell

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
    • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Rd., Bangkok 10400, Thailand
    • Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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  • Eleanor Barnes

      Affiliations

    • The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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  • Philippe Parola

      Affiliations

    • URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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  • Elisabeth Dussaix

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, National Reference Centre for HAV, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, 94804 France
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  • Didier Raoult

      Affiliations

    • URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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  • Isla Humphreys

      Affiliations

    • The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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  • Paul Klenerman

      Affiliations

    • The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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  • Nicholas J. White

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
    • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Rd., Bangkok 10400, Thailand
    • Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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  • Paul N. Newton

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
    • Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +856 21 242168; fax: +856 21 242168.

Received 12 July 2009; received in revised form 4 March 2010; accepted 5 March 2010.

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PII: S0035-9203(10)00070-2

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.03.002

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 475-483, July 2010

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