Publicaties
Localized Automation Solutions in Response to the First Wave of COVID-19: A Story from Vietnam Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Insights on foodborne zoonotic trematodes in freshwater snails in North and Central Vietnam Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Foodborne zoonotic trematode (FZT) infections are common neglected tropical diseases in Southeast Asia. Their complicated life cycles involve freshwater snails as intermediate hosts. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Yen Bai and Thanh Hoa provinces in North and Central Vietnam, to investigate the diversity of cercariae of potential FZT and to construct the phylogenetic relationship of trematode cercariae based on the Internal ...
Corruption, business environment, and firm growth in Vietnam Universiteit Gent
Human taeniasis and cysticercosis and related factors in Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Several factors presumed to facilitate the transmission of Taenia spp. were reported in Vietnam. We conducted a cross-sectional study taking questionnaires from 1,185 participants, and collecting 1,151 sera and 1,036 stool samples in northern Vietnam. Sera were examined for circulating antigens of Taenia solium cysticerci using ELISA, stools for Taenia eggs by Kato-Katz smear, and copro-antigens by ELISA. Ag-ELISA revealed 4.6% antigen ...
Understanding malaria persistence: a mixed-methods study on the effectiveness of malaria elimination strategies in South-Central Vietnam Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Despite the scale-up of vector control, diagnosis and treatment, and health information campaigns, malaria persists in the forested areas of South-Central Vietnam, home to ethnic minority populations. A mixed-methods study using an exploratory sequential design was conducted in 10 Ra-glai villages in Bac Ai district of Ninh Thuan province to examine which social factors limited the effectiveness of the national malaria elimination strategy in ...
Involving stakeholders to support sustainable development of the marine lobster aquaculture sector in Vietnam Universiteit Gent
Opisthorchis viverrini-like liver fluke in birds from Vietnam morphological variability and rDNA/mtDNA sequence confirmation Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Gent
Flukes were found in the bile ducts of domestic ducks (Anas platyrhynchos), necropsied in the Binh Dinh province of Central Vietnam. Following staining, morphological characteristics of the bird flukes were compatible with Opisthorchis viverrini, although some characteristics differed from those described in specimens collected from mammal hosts. Computation of the phylogenetic trees on the partial sequences of the second internal ribosomal ...