Utilizing the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire to measure symptoms of depression among Vietnamese adolescents in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: This study aimed to measure depression among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hanoi, Vietnam and its associated factors by using the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) instrument.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among students from grades 6 to 9 within two secondary schools in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. A structured questionnaire was used, including information about personal characteristics, perception of COVID-19, and SMFQ.

Towards safer and efficient formulations: Machine learning approaches to predict drug-excipient compatibility.

Predicting drug-excipient compatibility is a critical aspect of pharmaceutical formulation design. In this study, we introduced an innovative approach that leverages machine learning techniques to improve the accuracy of drug-excipient compatibility predictions. Mol2vec and 2D molecular descriptors combined with the stacking technique were used to improve the performance of the model.

Peuzt - Jeghers syndrome with gastric type mucinous endocervical adenocarcinoma in a young woman: A case report.

Introduction: Patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) have high risk of malignancies, including gynecological cancers. Gastric type mucinous cervical adenocarcinoma might be presented in about 11-17% of PJS patients but the literature about this is limited.

Case Presentation: We presented a rare case of a 39-year-old Vietnamese woman with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome who has gastric type adenocarcinoma (GAS) of the cervix.

The Production of Standardized Samples with Known Concentrations for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RT-qPCR Testing Validation for Developing Countries in the Period of the Pandemic Era.

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 () has caused a pandemic of pneumonia spreading around the world, leading to serious threats to public health and attracting enormous attention. There is an urgent need for sensitive diagnostic testing implementation to control and manage in public health laboratories. The quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) assay is the gold standard method, but the sensitivity and specificity of SARS-CoV-2 testing are dependent on a number of factors.

Radiation Degradation of -Glucan with a Potential for Reduction of Lipids and Glucose in the Blood of Mice.

Water-soluble and low molecular weight (Mw) -glucans were successfully prepared by γ-irradiation of water-insoluble yeast -glucans. The radiation dose used for the degradation of yeast -glucan was remarkably reduced by increasing the pH of the sample or combining with hydrogen peroxide treatment. Radiation-degraded -glucans with molecular weights in the range of 11-48 kDa reduced the total cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and glucose levels in the blood of administered mice.

Clinical characteristics, organ failure, inflammatory markers and prediction of mortality in patients with community acquired bloodstream infection.

Background: Community acquired bloodstream infection (CABSI) in low- and middle income countries is associated with a high mortality. This study describes the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and correlation of SOFA and qSOFA with mortality in patients with CABSI in northern Vietnam.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of 393 patients with at least one positive blood culture with not more than one bacterium taken within 48 h of hospitalisation.

Healthcare infrastructure capacity to respond to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and sepsis in Vietnam: A low-middle income country.

Purpose: This study investigated the availability of relevant structural and human resources needed for the clinical management of patients with severe acute respiratory infections and sepsis in critical care units in Vietnam.

Material And Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted by purposive sampling of 128 hospitals (36% of total hospitals in surveyed provinces), including 25 provincial and 103 district level hospitals, from 20 provinces in Vietnam. Data on availability of hospital characteristics, structural resources and health care workers was then analyzed.

Detection and Characterization of Clade 1 Reassortant H5N1 Viruses Isolated from Human Cases in Vietnam during 2013.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is endemic in Vietnamese poultry and has caused sporadic human infection in Vietnam since 2003. Human infections with HPAI H5N1 are of concern due to a high mortality rate and the potential for the emergence of pandemic viruses with sustained human-to-human transmission. Viruses isolated from humans in southern Vietnam have been classified as clade 1 with a single genome constellation (VN3) since their earliest detection in 2003.

HIV risk behaviours and determinants among people living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam.

There is a potentially high risk of HIV spreading from people living with HIV/AIDS. We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine HIV risk behaviours and their determinants among people living with HIV/AIDS. Eighty-two percent had been sexually active.

Household survey in two provinces in Viet Nam estimates HIV prevalence in an urban and a rural population.

A household-based population study interviewed 2,553 women and 1,984 men aged 15-49 years in urban (Ho Chi Minh City) and rural (Thai Binh) provinces in Viet Nam between July and August 2005. The survey response rate was high--approximately 97% of households and 93% of adults overall, with a >92% acceptance of HIV testing among eligible adults. The unadjusted estimated population HIV prevalence was 0.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection patterns and risk behaviours in different population groups and provinces in Viet Nam.

Objective: To study patterns and determinants of HIV prevalence and risk-behaviour characteristics in different population groups in four border provinces of Viet Nam.

Methods: We surveyed four population groups during April-June 2002. We used stratified random-cluster sampling and collected data concomitantly on HIV status and risk behaviours.

HSV-2 antibodies in female sex workers in Vietnam.

Little information is available on the prevalence of herpes simplex type-2 (HSV-2) antibodies among groups at potential high risk of HIV in Asia. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of HSV-2 antibodies and correlates of HSV-2 infection in female sex workers (FSWs) in border provinces of Vietnam. Nine hundred and four FSWs in five border provinces of Vietnam were interviewed about selected sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics, and information about partners by a standard interview schedule.

Epidemiological profile and burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Vietnam: 5 years of sentinel hospital surveillance, 1998-2003.

For 5 years, we have conducted sentinel surveillance for rotavirus at 6 hospitals in 4 cities in Vietnam. Stool samples obtained from >10,000 children <5 years old who were admitted to the hospital with diarrhea have been screened for rotavirus. Overall, 55% of samples were positive, and there was little variability in rates of detection of rotavirus between sites (44%-62%).