DUALISM IN CAODAISM IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM

Intestinal Helminthiasis in Southern Vietnam

A program to control intestinal helminth infections, based on stool surveys, mass treatment of children below 17 years, improvement of sanitation and health education was performed between 1997 and 1999 in Phan Tien, an ethnic minority community in mountainous southern Vietnam. Before intervention, 28.6% of children excreted eggs of at least one parasite, hookworm being the most common (23%), f...

Tetanus in Southern Vietnam: Current Situation

In Vietnam, there are no accurate data on tetanus incidence to allow assessment of disease burden or vaccination program efficacy. We analyzed age structure of 786 tetanus cases admitted to a tertiary referral center in Vietnam for three separate years during an 18-year period to examine the impact of tetanus prevention programs, namely the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) and the Materna...

Dengue epidemic in southern Vietnam, 1998.

A widespread epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) occurred in southern Vietnam in 1998, with 438.98 cases/100,000 population and 342 deaths. The number of DHF cases and deaths per 100,000 population increased 152.4% and 151.8%, respectively, over a 1997 epidemic. Dengue viruses were isolated from 143 patient blood samples; DEN-3 virus was identified as the predominant serotype, although a...

Dualism in Disguise

Diversity of Bartonella spp. in Bats, Southern Vietnam

Author affiliations: Oxford University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (P.H. Anh, N. Van Cuong, N.T. Son, N.T. Tue, S. Baker, J.E. Bryant, G. Thwaites, J.J. Carrique-Mas, M.A. Rabaa); Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam (N.T. Son); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (M. Kosoy); University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (M.E.J. Woolhou...