Avian Influenza Risk Perceptions, Laos

Hubert Barennes,Phengta Vongphrachanh,Bertrand Martinez-Aussel,Michel Strobel

doi:10.3201/eid1307.061197

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Abstract

Avian Influenza Risk Perceptions, Laos

Highlights

To the Editor: After the 2004 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), the Ministry of Health implemented extensive virologic surveillance [1,2]
In July 2006, an outbreak of HPAI was confirmed on 2 chicken farms in Vientiane, the capital city of Lao PDR [1,3]
Common poultry diseases occur frequently during the cold season, and lack of reporting of poultry deaths is of concern [4]

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Introduction

To the Editor: After the 2004 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), the Ministry of Health implemented extensive virologic surveillance [1,2]. In July 2006, an outbreak of HPAI was confirmed on 2 chicken farms in Vientiane, the capital city of Lao PDR [1,3]. Until February 2007, no human cases of influenza A (H5N1) had been reported in Lao PDR. In March–April 2006, participants in 3 settings (Vientiane, urban; Oudomxay, semiurban; Attapeu Province and Hinheub District, both rural) were interviewed in the Lao language by means of a standardized 33-question survey.

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