Publications

japanese encephalitis vectors: isolation of virus from culicine mosquitoes in the saigon area.		1974	4154507
[isolation of a virus closely related to the japanese encephalitis virus from a lot of mosquitoes in saigon].		1966	5932003
poliomyelitis-like illness due to japanese encephalitis virus.	acute flaccid paralysis remains common among vietnamese children despite a pronounced fall in the incidence of poliomyelitis.	1998	9660579
seizures and raised intracranial pressure in vietnamese patients with japanese encephalitis.	japanese encephalitis (je) causes at least 10 000 deaths each year. death is presumed to result from infection, dysfunction and destruction of neurons. there is no antiviral treatment. seizures and raised intracranial pressure (icp) are potentially treatable complications, but their importance in the pathophysiology of je is unknown. between 1994 and 1997 we prospectively studied patients with suspected cns infections referred to an infectious disease referral hospital in ho chi minh city, vietn ...	2002	11960897
[predictive factors of dengue shock syndrome at the children hospital no. 1, ho-chi-minh city, vietnam].	the dengue shock syndrome (dss) is primarily a complication of dengue haemorrhagic fever (dhf) among children in south east asia. a case-control study was carried out at the children hospital no 1 (ho-chi-minh city, vietnam) in may-july 2005, to identify the predictive factors of the dss among 1-15 year patients with dhe forty consecutive admitted cases and forty controls were studied. the associated features of dss were the 7-12 year age group and the re-infection by the dengue virus. the vacci ...	2007	17402695
viral etiology of encephalitis in children in southern vietnam: results of a one-year prospective descriptive study.	acute encephalitis is an important and severe disease in children in vietnam. however, little is known about the etiology while such knowledge is essential for optimal prevention and treatment. to identify viral causes of encephalitis, in 2004 we conducted a one-year descriptive study at children's hospital number one, a referral hospital for children in southern vietnam including ho chi minh city.	2010	21049060