Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infections in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: The first national population-based cross-sectional survey

• Shinsuke Miyano ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: s-miyano@it.ncgm.go.jp

  Affiliation Bureau of International Health Cooperation and WHO Collaborating Center for Health Systems Development, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3215-0276

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• Chansay Pathammavong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Immunization Program, Mother and Child Health Center, Ministry of Health, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

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• Yasunori Ichimura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bureau of International Health Cooperation and WHO Collaborating Center for Health Systems Development, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6138-8235

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• Masaya Sugiyama,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliation Genome Medical Science Project, The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikwa, Chiba, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9084-7197

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• Kongxay Phounphenghack,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Immunization Program, Mother and Child Health Center, Ministry of Health, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

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• Chankham Tengbriacheu,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mother and Child Health Center, Ministry of Health, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

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• Bouaphane Khamphaphongphane,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

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• Phonethipsavanh Nouanthong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute Pasteur du Laos, National Immunization Technical Advisory Group, Ministry of Health, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6160-800X

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• Lauren Franzel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Team, WHO Lao PDR, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

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• Tae Un Yang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Team, WHO Lao PDR, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

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• Hendrikus Raaijimakers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health and Nutrition Section, UNICEF, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

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• Tomomi Ota,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bureau of International Health Cooperation and WHO Collaborating Center for Health Systems Development, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masafumi Funato,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bureau of International Health Cooperation and WHO Collaborating Center for Health Systems Development, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kenichi Komada,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bureau of International Health Cooperation and WHO Collaborating Center for Health Systems Development, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masahiko Hachiya

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bureau of International Health Cooperation and WHO Collaborating Center for Health Systems Development, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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