Longitudinal comparison of bacterial pathogen seropositivity among wet market vendors in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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"The authors would like to acknowledge the support and assistance given by the market directors and vendors and thank them for their participation. We are grateful to Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai for performing the serological assays and Chanthala Vilayhong for his technical assistance in the field and to the late Dr. Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh and Dr. Manivanh Vongsouvath for their support for this project. We would like to thank the provincial health departments of Xieng Khouang, Bolikhamxay and Salavan. This study formed part of the MSc thesis of NS. This study was funded by the European Union under the INNOVATE program and the LACANET project (DCIASIE/2013/315-151) and, in part, by the Wellcome Trust (grant number: 220211). For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. MTR, PNN and SDB are funded by the Wellcome Trust of the United Kingdom. The funders played no role in conceptualization, design or analysis of data. Nilandone Senvanpan: Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing. Vilayouth Phimolsarnnousith: Investigation, Writing – review & editing. Sayaphet Rattanavong: Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing. Mayfong Mayxay: Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing. Daniel Reinharz: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing. Amanda E. Fine: Writing – review & editing. Paul F. Horwood: Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing. Philippe Dussart: Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing. Stuart D. Blacksell: Investigation, Writing – review & editing. Mathieu Pruvot: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing. Paul N. Newton: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing. Matthew T. Robinson: Methodology, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing."