Table 1.
Cases of culture-positive melioidosis diagnosed in Laos 1,2.
| Province | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attapeu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Bokeo | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bolikhamxai 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 68 | ||||
| Champasak 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Houaphan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Khammouan 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 100 | ||||||||
| Luangnamtha | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Luangphrabang | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oudomxai | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Phongsali | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salavan | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 61 | |||||||||
| Savannakhet 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Vientiane Province 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 36 | 287 | |
| Vientiane Capital 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 51 | 31 | 22 | 58 | 41 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 81 | 108 | 73 | 742 | |
| Xaignaburi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Xekong | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xaisomboun 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
| Xiangkhouang 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Unknown 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 44 | 72 | 54 | 50 | 118 | 72 | 98 | 124 | 144 | 149 | 173 | 167 | 1359 |
1 Pooled data from LOMWRU, Thakhek Hospital and NCLE. 2 Data reflect patient’s home village (where known) but not necessarily place of acquisition of melioidosis. 3 Province established in 2014.