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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Pharm Biol. 2011 Dec 2;50(1):42–60. doi: 10.3109/13880209.2011.619700

Table 1.

Highest frequencies (scoring over 50) of 8 diseases expressed as “bioassay categories” across 15 provinces of Laos.a,b

Assay categories ATT BOL CHA HOU KHA LUP LUN OUD PHO SAR SAV VIE XAI XEK XIA Total
Cancer 2 18 10 4 18 4 1 58
CNS 4 37 43 9 10 10 14 65 30 46 71 33 11 35 440
Gastrointestinal disorder 22 22 5 15 1 14 6 7 6 3 101
Infection 42 74 14 1 35 3 25 17 20 12 10 9 262
Inflammation 1 63 82 20 2 1 2 57 5 18 42 34 34 6 9 376
Malaria 7 28 60 2 3 1 21 24 8 15 4 5 4 182
Tuberculosis 31 82 2 24 1 5 16 48 14 3 226
Viral 2 26 36 3 5 25 4 2 18 20 15 1 2 159
Grand total 16 267 409 55 20 11 18 246 36 105 179 218 120 39 65 1804
a

Province code: ATT = Attapeu; BOL = Bolikhamxai; CHA = Champasak; HOU = Houaphan; KHA = Khammouan; LUP = Luang Prabang; LUN = Luang Namtha; OUD = Oudomxai; PHO = Phongsali; SAR = Saravan; SAV = Savannakhet; VIE = Vientiane; XAI = Xaignabouri; XEK = Xekong; XIA = Xiangkhoang.

b

These numbers were derived from Supporting Data #4, as explained in details in the text (in Results, under the subheading “Diversity of diseases treated and epidemiology”). Data for Vientiane Prefecture were submerged with Vientiane province.