Identification of Seoul virus in R.novergicus in Hai phong port

Background: Hantavirus causes two distinct human diseases: Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). Hantaviruses are maintained in the rodent reservoir and are transmitted to humans via contaminated excreta or bites. Objectives: This study aims to identificate of Seoul virus in R.novergicus in Hai phong port. Material and method: In this study, we trapped 25 of R. novergicus. Results:The results show four R. novergicus are positive for Seoul virus. Partial M segment sequence was recovered from the lung tissue of R. novergicus trapped in Hai Phong port in 2006. M segment of the Seoul virus of Hai Phong sequenced shown is similar to M segment of the Seoul virus of Hanoi. Conclusion:We discovered the Seoul virus in R.novergicus in Hai Phong port in 2006. The sequence belongs to the Seoul virus genotype and is most closely related to the strain B-1 from Japan and the strain AJ620583 from Indonesia.\r\n', u'\r\n', u'

Field evaluation of spatial repellency with metofluthrin impregnated strip against mosquitoes in Do Son, Hai Phong

The spatial repellency with metofluthrin impregnated strips were hung in 15 households at Do Son, Hai Phong. The results showed that the density of mosquitoes reduced by 18 weeks after hanging strips. People agree that this was one of the safe, effective and simple method to control mosquitoes.

The reality of growing and using Vietnamese medicinal herbs at commune health stations in Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong, 2003

In 2003, the research on the reality of growing and using the Vietnamese traditional medicine was carried out at 37 commune health stations in Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong. Twenty-nine communes had Vietnamese traditional medicine gardens, 17% of which had more than 30 medicinal herbs in the essential list issued by MOH. The diseases can be treated by traditional medicine including coughing, common cold, edema, dysentery, headache, urinary tract diseases, pimple, allergy, osteo-articular pain, and nerve pain. The form of Vietnamese traditional herbs used to treat these diseases was still primitive, and small amount in refined forms such as powder and pills (7%). The factors related to growing and using the Vietnamese medicinal herbs include the presence of medical staff at the CHS, available place for medicinal processing, habit of local people on using medicinals, and people's awareness of the effectiveness and safety of the Vietnamese traditional medicine

The real situation of the commune health stations in Do Son town and the solutions proposed to improve their activity in 2004

In 2004, this study was carried out at 5 commune health stations at Van Son, Ngoc Hai, Ngoc Xuyen, Van Huong wards and Bang La commune. The results revealed that only the health station of Bang La commune met the national standard for commune health with 90.5 points. Most communes had not achieved standard III (on disease diagnosis and medical treatment and rehabilitation activities), standard IV (on facilities and medical equipment) and standard VI (on traditional medicine). Factors causing drawbacks at these commune health stations include shortage of human resource, material facilities and equipments.

Evaluation of the clean watersupply and rural sanitary environment project in An Duong, Hai Phong

In 2004, a project on environmental hygiene has been conducted at An Duong district to improve water supply system and sanitary latrines in the community. This study was designed for evaluating the project activities at two communes of An Duong, Hai Phong and some encouraging results have been yielded.

The community reality awareness and attitude towards the handicapped people in Cat Dai and Lach Tray urban communes in Hai Phong, 2003

In 2003, medical examinations of all 19,884 people living in to the Cat Dai and Lach Tray communes in Hai Phong detected 198 handicapped people (1.0% of the general population). There were 45% of males and 55% of females. The handicapped rates were 0.8% in children and 1.2% in adults. The rate of handicapped people difficult in moving was highest (33.3%), then people with strange behaviors (23.2%), and people having difficulty in studying (15.7%). The rates of people had difficulty in hearing and speaking, seeing, and others were small. Up to 91% of handicapped people needed rehabilitation but 100% of the handicapped people were not provided with rehabilitation through interviews, over 50% of people in the community did not identify the handicapped, and were not ready to accept them as equal members.