January 20, 2012
Thirty people in Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the bacterium that causes meningitis, which could be fatal if left untreated, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday. The paper quoted Tran Phu Manh Sieu, director of the HCMC Center for Preventive Health, as saying that the cases were detected among workers of the Japanese-owned [...]
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December 12, 2011
Chromobacterium violaceum that causes bone inflammation as seen through a microscope. A girl in south central Vietnam is infected with a rare bacterium that has damaged parts of her skull. The disease is believed to be fatal. Doctors at the Children’s Hospital No.2 in Ho Chi Minh City said the child, who was not named, [...]
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November 11, 2011
The study found that the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei produces a toxin that can inhibit the growth of melioidosis. Scientists have made a major breakthrough that could lead to a vaccine against the deadly tropical disease melioidosis, which infects millions of people, a study published on Thursday said. The findings in the journal Science and show [...]
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August 13, 2011
Many people in Vietnam’s northern highlands have been infected with the lethal anthrax disease in recent months, theVietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted a health official as saying Wednesday. According to the news source, the highly infectious disease, caused by bacillus anthracis bacterium, first appeared in Lai Chau province, where it has since infected 25 [...]
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