Topic: Innovative platform for molecular and serological diagnostics

Collaboration: Institut Pasteur de Paris, France.

Funding: Fonds Equipe France, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France Surveillance studies in humans include the establishment of a fever surveillance site in Vieng Phou Kha, Luang Namtha, as well as seroprevalence sites in 1) Kasi, Vientiane Province, 2) Naxaythong, Vientiane Capital, and 3) Pakse, Champasack Province. Surveillance studies in animals were performed in Vieng Phou Kha, Luang Namtha. Retrospective studies involved screening 1,500 human samples and 600 samples from bats and rodents previously collected through other initiatives and stored at the IPL Biobank.