| endemicity of zoonotic diseases in pigs and humans in lowland and upland lao pdr: identification of socio-cultural risk factors. | in lao people's democratic republic pigs are kept in close contact with families. human risk of infection with pig zoonoses arises from direct contact and consumption of unsafe pig products. this cross-sectional study was conducted in luang prabang (north) and savannakhet (central-south) provinces. a total of 59 villages, 895 humans and 647 pigs were sampled and serologically tested for zoonotic pathogens including: hepatitis e virus (hev), japanese encephalitis virus (jev) and trichinella spira ... | 2016 | 27070428 |
| diversity of mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) attracted to human subjects in rubber plantations, secondary forests, and villages in luang prabang province, northern lao pdr. | the impact of the rapid expansion of rubber plantations in south-east asia on mosquito populations is uncertain. we compared the abundance and diversity of adult mosquitoes using human-baited traps in four typical rural habitats in northern lao pdr: secondary forests, immature rubber plantations, mature rubber plantations, and villages. generalized estimating equations were used to explore differences in mosquito abundance between habitats, and simpson's diversity index was used to measure speci ... | 2017 | 28505314 |