About the Authors
- Anonh Xeuatvongsa
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Affiliation National Immunization Program, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Kenichi Komada
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Affiliation Bureau of International Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomomi Kitamura
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Affiliation Bureau of International Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Phengta Vongphrachanh
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Affiliation National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Chansay Pathammavong
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Affiliation National Immunization Program, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Kongxay Phounphenghak
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Affiliation National Immunization Program, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Thongchanh Sisouk
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Affiliation National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Darouny Phonekeo
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Affiliation National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Bounthanom Sengkeopaseuth
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Affiliation National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Vilasak Som-Oulay
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Affiliation National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Koji Ishii
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Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Takaji Wakita
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Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Masaya Sugiyama
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Affiliation Hepatology Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
- Masahiko Hachiya
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* E-mail: m-hachiya@it.ncgm.go.jp
Affiliation Bureau of International Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AX MH KI TW MS. Performed the experiments: KK TK PV CP KP DP BS VSO TS. Analyzed the data: KK TK MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KI TW MS. Wrote the paper: AX PV MH. Revised the manuscript: KK TK PV CP KP DP BS VSO KI TW MS. Arranged laboratory for diagnosis: PV KI TW MS.