| markers of hepatitis c and b virus infections among blood donors in ho chi minh city and hanoi, vietnam. | blood donors in two cities in vietnam were tested for markers of hepatitis c virus (hcv) and hepatitis b virus infections. antibody to hcv was detected by passive hemagglutination with antigens of the second generation in 101 (20.6%) of 491 donors in ho chi minh city; it was detected less frequently (p < 0.001) in donors in hanoi (4 [0.8%] of 499). hcv rna was tested for in donors with antibody by pcr with nested primers from the 5'-noncoding region and detected in 79 donors in ho chi minh city ... | 1994 | 8556478 |
| human t-lymphotropic virus type ii infection in vietnamese thalassemic patients. | anti-human t-lymphotropic virus type i/ii (htlv-i/ii) antibodies were screened by particle agglutination test in a total of 66 patients with thalassemia major who received multiple transfusion from paid donors at the blood transfusion hematology center of ho chi minh city in south vietnam. htlv-ii infection was confirmed in 6 patients (9.1%) by western blot analysis and/or polymerase chain reaction. phylogenetic analysis revealed that long terminal repeat sequences of htlv-ii proviruses from 5 t ... | 1997 | 9267453 |
| clinical and biological characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected intravascular drug users in ho chi minh city, vietnam. | to define the medical characteristics of intravascular drug users in ho chi minh city, vietnam, we examined 280 men, of whom 235 were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), being treated in a rehabilitation center. the patients used mainly opium, often in shooting galleries (50%). the prevalence of oral candidiasis (58%) and zoster infection (20%) was high in hiv-seropositive patients, whereas oral hairy leukoplasia and kaposi's sarcoma were absent. the prevalence of acquired immunode ... | 1999 | 10497983 |