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Rabies: Vietnam’s Thái Nguyên Province reports 3 human deaths

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The risk of rabies in the northern Vietnam Thái Nguyên Province is ever present as dog bites are fairly common. Since the beginning of the year, provincial health authorities have reported some 2,500...

Zika confirmed in Vietnam: Female patients from Khanh Hoa province and Ho Chi Minh city

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Vietnamese health officials have confirmed the first Zika virus infections in the country in two women from Khanh Hoa province and Ho Chi Minh city,  Assoc Tran Dac Phu, director of the Department of...

Australian tourist contracts Zika in Vietnam

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The Vietnamese Department of Preventive Medicine reported today (computer translated) on a case of Zika virus infection in an Australian tourist that  traveled to Ho Chi Minh City, Lam Dong Province in...

First reported human infection with the zoonotic parasite Trypanosoma evansi in Southeast Asia

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A clinical and epidemiological investigation of the first reported human infection with the zoonotic parasite Trypanosoma evansi in Southeast Asia Abstract Background. Trypanosoma is a genus of unicellular...

Vietnam: Man quarantined in Ho Chi Minh City hospital with suspected Ebola

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A 27-year-old man returning from Freetown, Sierra Leone has been quarantined at the Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Hospital  with symptoms of suspected Ebola, according to Vietnam press (computer translated). When...

Vietnam dengue count just under 100,000 in 2015

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The number of dengue fever in Vietnam increased dramatically in 2015, according to data from the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization. Last year, 97,476 dengue cases were reported,...

Vietnam issues ‘Swine streptococcus’ advisory

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The General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health issued a warning earlier this month concerning eating raw pork after dozens of Streptococcus suis infections were reported...

Vietnam reports 19,000 dengue cases in October

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Vietnam health officials reported about 32 percent of their annual total of dengue fever cases in October alone, making it the most sever month in 2015, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update. As...

China FDA approves EV71 vaccine, HFMD in Asia

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The China Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of a enterovirus 71 (EV71) inactivated vaccine (human diploid cell) designed by the Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of...

Hand-foot-mouth disease cases down in Vietnam in 2015

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After recording more than 76,000 hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases in 2014, the Vietnam Ministry of Health’s Centre for Preventive Health reported Monday that the cumulative case count thus...