Nele Defoirdt, Subhankar Biswas, Linde De Vriese, Le Quan Ngoc Tran et al.
Tran Thuy Chau, James Campbell, Claudia M. Galindo, Nguyễn Văn Minh Hoàng et al.
ABSTRACT This study describes the pattern and extent of drug resistance in 1,774 strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolated across Asia between 1993 and 2005 and characterizes the molecular mechanisms underlying the reduced susceptibilities to fluoroquinolones of these strains. For 1,393 ...
Thomas Jaenisch, Dong Thi Hoai Tam, Nguyen Tan Thanh Kieu, Tran Van Ngoc et al.
BACKGROUND: The burden of dengue continues to increase globally, with an estimated 100 million clinically apparent infections occurring each year. Although most dengue infections are asymptomatic, patients can present with a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms ranging from mild febrile illness throug...
Christopher M. Parry, Nga Tran Vu Thieu, Christiane Dolecek, Abhilasha Karkey et al.
Azithromycin is an effective treatment for uncomplicated infections with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and serovar Paratyphi A (enteric fever), but there are no clinically validated MIC and disk zone size interpretative guidelines. We studied individual patient data from three randomized control...
Madan M. Dey, M. Prein, Bazle Z. Haque, Parvin Sultana et al.
ABSTRACT During the rainy season in extensive river floodplains and deltaic lowlands, floods lasting several months render the land unavailable for crop production for several months each year. These waters are considerably underutilized in terms of managed aquatic productivity. This raises the oppo...
Tran Huu Bich, Pham Thi Nga, La Ngoc Quang, Hoàng Văn Minh et al.
BACKGROUND: Alcohol abuse, together with tobacco use, is a major determinant of health and social well-being, and is one of the most important of 26 risk factors comparatively assessed in low and middle income countries, surpassed only by high blood pressure and tobacco. OBJECTIVES: The alcohol cons...
Huỳnh Vương Thu Minh, Masaaki Kurasaki, Trần Văn Tỷ, Dat Q. Tran et al.
The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is one of the largest rice-growing areas in Vietnam, and exports a huge amount of rice products to destinations around the world. Multi-dike protection systems have been built to prevent flooding, and have supported agricultural intensification since the early 1990s...
Nguyen Tien Huy, R Matthew Chico, Vuong Thanh Huan, Hosam Shaikhkhalil et al.
BACKGROUND: Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there have been concerns related to the preparedness of healthcare workers (HCWs). This study aimed to describe the level of awareness and preparedness of hospital HCWs at the time of the first wave. METHODS: This multinational, multicenter, cross-secti...
Nga Tran Vu Thieu, Tan Trinh Van, Anh Tran Tuan, Elizabeth J. Klemm et al.
OBJECTIVES: The diagnosis of typhoid fever is a challenge. Aiming to develop a typhoid diagnostic we measured antibody responses against Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) protein antigens and the Vi polysaccharide in a cohort of Bangladeshi febrile patients. METHODS: IgM against 12 purified antigens and t...
Van Ta Park, Joshua D. Grill, Jeanette Zhu, Khue Vu Nguyen et al.
INTRODUCTION: This study elicited Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders' (AAPI) perspectives about recruitment strategies/messaging for participation in an aging, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), and caregiving research recruitment registry. METHODS: Using a mixed methods design, CA...
Rapeephan R. Maude, Aniruddha Ghose, Rasheda Samad, Hanna K de Jong et al.
BACKGROUND: Fever is a common cause of hospital admission in Bangladesh but causative agents, other than malaria, are not routinely investigated. Enteric fever is thought to be common. METHODS: Adults and children admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital with a temperature of ≥38.0 °C were in...
Kerstin Daniela Rosenberger, Lam Phung Khanh, Frank Tobian, Ngoun Chanpheaktra et al.
BACKGROUND: Improvements in the early diagnosis of dengue are urgently needed, especially in resource-limited settings where the distinction between dengue and other febrile illnesses is crucial for patient management. METHODS: In this prospective, observational study (IDAMS), we included patients a...
Helen Elsey, Ak Narayan Poudel, Tim Ensor, Tolib Mirzoev et al.
INTRODUCTION: As rapid urbanisation transforms the sociodemographic structures within cities, standard survey methods, which have remained unchanged for many years, under-represent the urban poorest. This leads to an overly positive picture of urban health, distorting appropriate allocation of resou...
Ho Van Khuong, Tho Le‐Ngoc
We propose a coded cooperative relaying scheme in which only newly generated parity bits of users are multiplexed, space-time block coded, and forwarded simultaneously by a multi-antenna relay to a common multi-antenna destination if the relay successfully decodes their information in order to impro...
Nguyễn Văn Hoàng, Nguyen Thanh Cong, Quach Quang Hai, Tran Van Quang
In many places in Vietnam central region, the fresh coastal sand dune aquifers have an interface with salty water below, so upon groundwater (GW) abstraction, there is a risk of salty water upconing to the abstraction facilities. With the same abstraction rate, the horizontal drains shall significan...
Phạm Văn Trường, Pham Thi Ngoc An, Tran Quang Huy
Objective: This study aimed (1) to evaluate the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the Vietnamese version of the Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain –revised questionnaire; and (2) to assess the relationship between the knowledge, attitudes and demographic factors in nurse...
Pham Ngoc Doanh, Hoang Van Hien, Bui Thi Dung, Yukifumi Nawa
Human larva migrans is a zoonotic disease caused by larvae of various nematode species, with all previously confirmed pathogens originating from mammalian reservoirs. In 2020, a case series in Vietnam reported instances of cutaneous larva migrans caused by avian eyeworm larvae of the Oxyspirura genu...
Son Ngoc Do, Tuan Quoc Dang, Chinh Quoc Luong, My Ha Nguyen et al.
Background: Early and precise identification of COVID-19 patients at high risk of mortality is vital for guiding treatment decisions. This study evaluated the predictive validity of the simplified Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) score, derived from chest X-rays (CXRs), for hospital mort...
Văn Quang Vũ, Tùng Lâm Hà, Ngọc Đức Ngô, Văn Mạnh Ứng et al.
Mục tiêu: Mô tả đặc điểm lâm sàng, cận lâm sàng và phân tích một số yếu tố liên quan đến giảm tiểu cầu ở trẻ mắc sốt xuất huyết Dengue tại Bệnh viện quốc tế Green năm 2024. Đối tượng và phương pháp: Nghiên cứu mô tả hồi cứu trên 158 trẻ < 16 tuổi điều trị tại khoa Nhi, Bệnh viện Quốc tế Green từ ...
Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, Truong Van Dat, Thai Ngoc Ha, Thai Hue Ngan et al.
This paper conducts a descriptive cross-sectional study to determine the outpatient satisfaction with health insurance drug dispensing at the pharmacy of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital in 2019 through a survey questionnaire. The study results show that the outpatient s...