Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants
| Pre-COVID-19 n (%) | Community-based n (%) | Healthcare workers n (%) | Bat/wildlife contacts n (%) | Total n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||
| ≤ 18 years | 119 (44·9) | 233 (9·6) | - | 5 (6·8) | 357 (10·4) |
| 19-40 years | 80 (30·2) | 849 (34·9) | 448 (67·3) | 30 (40·5) | 1407 (40·9) |
| 41-60 years | 49 (18·5) | 1000 (40·1) | 217 (32·6) | 28 (37·8) | 1294 (37·6) |
| > 60 years | 17 (6·4) | 351 (14·4) | 1 (0·1) | 11 (14·9) | 380 (11·1) |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 129 (48·7) | 1414 (58·1) | 518 (77·8) | 39 (52·7) | 2100 (61·1) |
| Male | 136 (51·3) | 1019 (41·9) | 148 (22·2) | 35 (47·3) | 1338 (38·9) |
| Province | |||||
| Vientiane Capital | - | 746 (30·7) | 410 (61·6) | - | 1156 (33·6) |
| Luangprabang | - | 465 (19·1) | 47 (9·2) | - | 512 (14·9) |
| Oudomxay | - | 396 (16·3) | 31 (4·6) | - | 427 (12·4) |
| Savanakhet | - | 412 (16·9) | 106 (15·9) | - | 518 (15·1) |
| Champassak | - | 414 (17·0) | 72 (10·8) | - | 486 (14·1) |
| Vientiane Province | - | - | - | 74 (100) | 74 (2·2) |
| Saravan Province | 265 | - | - | - | 265 (7·7) |
| Travel outside of Lao PDR since December 2019?* | - | 101 (4·1) | 42 (6·3) | 4 (5·4) | 147 (4·3) |
| Thailand | - | 87 (3·6) | 29 (4·4) | 3 (4·1) | 119 (3·5) |
| China/Vietnam/Korea | - | 11 (0·5) | 12 (1·8) | 1 (1·4) | 24 (0·7) |
| Total | 265 | 2433 | 666 | 74 |
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Missing country of travel for 4 participants