The incidence of diarrhoea was monitored and the risk factors for diarrhoea were identified in the rural community of Hanam, Vietnam, over a period of one year. Compared to adults without direct contact to wastewater and excreta during their agricultural activities, those in direct contact had a ...
Phuc Pham Duc
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Hattendorf, J.
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Zinsstag, Jakob
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Zurbrugg, C.
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Phung Dac Cam
,
Odermatt, P.
,
[Diarrhoeal disease related to agricultural wastewater and excreta use in Vietnam]
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Diarrhoeal disease related to agricultural wastewater and excreta use in Vietnam
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. Whilst global burden estimates for M. tuberculosis infection (MtTB) are well established, accurate data on the contribution of zoonotic TB (zTB) caused by M. bovis or M. caprae to human TB are scarce. The association ...
Durr, S.
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Muller, B.
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Alonso, Silvia
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Hattendorf, J.
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Laisse, C.J.M.
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Helden, P.D. van
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Zinsstag, Jakob
,
[Differences in primary sites of infection between zoonotic and human tuberculosis: Results from a worldwide systematic review]
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Differences in primary sites of infection between zoonotic and human tuberculosis: Results from a worldwide systematic review
BACKGROUND: Despite the potential health risks of wastewater and excreta use as fertiliser in agriculture, it is still widespread in Vietnam. However, the importance of diarrheal risk in adults' associated with the combined exposures to both excreta and wastewater use in agriculture is largely un...
Phuc Pham Duc
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Hattendorf, J.
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Cam Dac Phung
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Zurbrugg, C.
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Zinsstag, Jakob
,
Odermatt, P.
,
[Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use]
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Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use
We aimed to estimate the global occurrence of zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae infections in humans by performing a multilingual, systematic review and analysis of relevant scientific literature of the last 2 decades. Although information from many parts of th...
This chapter presents the Vietnamese experience on developing institutional capacity for integrated research in developing countries. The emergence of a research group in environmental health, which was rooted from a North-South partnership research programme in Switzerland, is described, discuss...
Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Vi Nguyen
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Phuc Pham Duc
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Le Vu Anh
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Phung Dac Cam
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Tanner, M.
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Grace, Delia
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Zurbrugg, C.
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Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh
,
Tu Vu-Van
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Luu Quoc Toan
,
Dang Xuan Sinh
,
Pham Thi Huong Giang
,
Zinsstag, Jakob
,
[Institutional research capacity development for integrated approaches in developing countries: An example from Vietnam]
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Institutional research capacity development for integrated approaches in developing countries: An example from Vietnam
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral zoonosis and a mosquito-borne disease caused by a phlebovirus in the family Bunyaviridae. It affects livestock, humans and wildlife. Epidemic outbreaks of RVF in East Africa, which occur after heavy rainfalls in cycles of 5-15 years, have caused next to human mo...
Fuhrimann, S.
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Kimani, T.
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Hansen, F.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Zinsstag, Jakob
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Schelling, E.
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[Rift Valley fever in Kenyan pastoral livestock: Simulation with an individual-based demographic model]
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Rift Valley fever in Kenyan pastoral livestock: Simulation with an individual-based demographic model
We developed a conceptual framework for improving health and environmental sanitation using an approach that combines health, ecological, and socio-economic assessments. The framework has three main components: health status, physical environment,
and socio-economic environment. Information on ...
Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Phuc Pham Duc
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Van Tu, V.
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Thu Nga, D.
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Cong Khuong, N.
,
Zurbrugg, C.
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Zinsstag, Jakob
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Tanner, M.
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[Interdisciplinary research on environmental sanitation and health: Conceptual framework development and field test]
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Interdisciplinary research on environmental sanitation and health: Conceptual framework development and field test
Human excreta are rich in plant nutrients, so many farmers in Vietnam use them to fertilize their crops and in raising fish. But they also contain dangerous pathogens: bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and the eggs of intestinal parasites. Exposure can pose a health risk to farmers, their families, as...
Phuc Pham Duc
,
Hung Nguyen-Viet
,
Vu Van Tu
,
Zurbrugg, C.
,
Zinsstag, Jakob
,
[The Vietnamese double-vault composting latrine: Fertilizer source or health risk?]
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The Vietnamese double-vault composting latrine: Fertilizer source or health risk?