A retrospective study on 283 people who are 15 years old and more with suspicious tuberculosis seen at District Tuberculosis Clinic, Thai Nguyen province on December 2000. Result: These patients’ knowledge on tuberculosis are quite enough and right: 91% know at least one symptom/sign of suspicious tuberculosis, many people know the symptom of long term cough (87%). 74.2% people know tuberculosis cause by tuberculosis bacteria, 19.1% people though that tuberculosis is caused by hard working and only 1.1% though it is caused by hereditary. Education, occupation and information source access had impacted to the knowledge on tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis ; Knowledge ; Diagnosis

With the aim of investigation about the real situation of environment of farmers's houses in On Luong - Phu Luong - Thai Nguyen province, a cross-sectional and retrospective study was carried out. The results showed that: The environment in house and breeding facilities area is seriously contaminated by several factors such as human and animal waste, short distance from bleeding facilities to the house ect... The authors recommended that ; environment of farmers’ house, raising domestic cattle’s and poultries should be improved, primary health care should be applied more often for all farmers of this area.
Environment ; Cattle ; Poultry

A study stool samples were collected from 495 school children of two groups and examined by Kato - Katz techniques and anthropometric indicators (height, weight, mid upper circumference, body mass index) were measured in two years 2000-2001 in a primary school of Sam Son. The prevalence of intestinal helminths as Ascaris lumbriciodes, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm was found to be 83.5%, 92.2%, 5.6%, respectively while it was 87.5%, 98.9%, 51.3%, respectively in the control group.The anthropometric indicators were found to be lower that nomal in both groups. Prevalence of Ascaris lumbriciodes, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm was markedly reduced in the the study group after two rounds of treatment with mebendazole 500mg single dose with 6 month interval. The malnutrition status was significantly decreased one year after intervention
Child ; schools ; growth & development ; Helminthiasis

The awareness on tuberculosis was determined by an interview conducted on 559 subjects with a symptomatic of cough persisting for > 3 weeks (259 male and 300 female subjects of > 15 year old age). Results showed an insufficiency of knowledge, especially in female subjects. Mass media play an effective role in health education but only > 50% of population could access them frequently
Tuberculosis ; Cough ; Disease ; Awareness ; epidemiology

In the study of 43 cases of urinary stones in aldults in Thuy Van commune, Huong Thuy district, Thua Thien Hue province showed that: Hydronephrosis was 27.3%, level III examined by renal ultrasound was the highest rate of 23.3%, three cases of urinary stones had the complication of Hydronephrosis III grade. Urinary tract infection with nitrite and white blood cell (+) in urine was 18.6%. Chronic renal failure was 16.3% with the most was level I (9.3%). Hematuria was 18.6% and red blood cell in urine was the highest (25.6%).
Urinary Calculi/complications ; Epidemiology ; Aduld

An inquiry carried out on 2017 adults (>16 years old ) in Dong Da, Soc Son, Gia Lam districts, Hanoi City from May to Sept 2000 showed that diabetes is a common disease in the community but the most were not diagnosed. The highest prevalence was in Dong Da 6.61%, then in Soc Son 2.98% and Gia Lam 1.63%, higher in male than female persons, above 50 years old persons were the most vulnerable. Other factors which contribute in the morbidity are living standard, non appropriate diet, less activity and some familial factors
Diabetes Mellitus ; Child ; Diseases ; epidemiology

Sinh Tinh Thang, a traditional medicine formed by “Tu Quan Tu thang” and “Bat vi que phu thang” which is used for treating spermatogenesis insuffiency, has been determined with acute and subchronic toxicity on mice and rabbit. On rabbit, the dose of 12.5g/kg body weight (more than 15 times of clinical dose) did not influence on hematological indices and on liver and kidney function. DL50 could not determined in mouse.
Medicine, Traditional ; toxicity

In an investigation on 215 patients (55 females, 160 males) aged 80-82, suffering from gastric, duodenal ulcer with Helicobacter pylori (+), 155 samples were isolated with a rate of successful culture of 72.1% and 116 strains of bacteria underwent an antibiogramme procedure for determining the sensitivity of the bacterium. Results showed the antibiotic resistance of metronidazole (M), clarithromycine (CLA), amoxycillin rating 54.3%, 21.6%, 18.1% respectively, with no difference concerning the age and the gender. During 3 years (2000-2002) there was a trend of enhance of resistance to 3 mentioned antibiotics, and metrodiazole got the highest resistance rate. These antibiotics are currently the most common tools to eliminate H. pylori, therefore this is a considerable concern in the treatment of gastro-duodenal ulcer of the next future
Helicobacter pylori ; Stomach Diseases ; Duodenal Ulcer

After 3 months storage at 4oC and 4 weeks storage at room temperature, 3 lots of monospecific pertussis antiserum of type 1, type 2, type 3 produced in Da Lat Vaccine Institute were still met the requirement of specificity and sensitivity. But they were degraded after 5 weeks of storage at room temperature (24-26oC)
Whooping Cough ; Pertussis Vaccine ; immunization

The screening survey by stool examination prior the third round showed the satisfactory results of the previous rounds of treatment in comparison to the base line survey prior the intervention, the overall prevalence of intestinal worm infection was reduced by 56.3%, of which Ascaris infection by 73.5%, Trichuris by 52.4%, hookworm by 55.1 %. The intensity of infection was also reduced significantly as Ascaris by 61.1 %, Trichuris by 52.2%, hookworm by 81.6%. Nearly all the children (99.6%) in the project schools were treated three times (totally 331,194 times of treatment) with the interval of 6 months. The knowledge, attitude and practice of the children and their parents were found to have been much improved as compared to that before the intervention
Helminths ; Child ; Therapeutics