Makers of HBV were investigated in the groups of acute and chronic hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis patients, using radioimmunological assays. 170 patients were followed up and treated in the Clinical Medicine Institute for Tropical Diseases during 1997 and 1998. Changes in HBsAg, anti-HBs, HBeAg, anti-HBe, anti-HBc and IgG markers were followed up.
Hepatitis B ; Fibrosis

A study aimed to compare some clinical features and hepatic functional tests in patients with common acute hepatitis B and patients with long-lasting acute hepatitis B from which to find factors that contributing to prognosis of hepatitis B. 101 patients with ages of 16-30 in the Institute of Clinical Medicine and Tropical Diseases during 9/1997 -10/1998 participated to the study have shown that the most of patients had a moderate disease and disease's symptoms were improved within 6 weeks. The disease occurred in men higher than in women. The duration of before jaundice in patients with common acute hepatitis was shorter than this in patients with long-lasting acute hepatitis B. The clinical symptoms in patients with the long-lasting acute hepatitis B were tired, small liver, edema in limbs, ascities and hepatic coma.
Hepatitis B ; Hepatitis, Viral, Human

Meristems of the rhizome of Alocasia odora C.Koch were induced to develop into plantlets in a medium containing MS - minerals and 3mg/l BAP. Plantlets produced multiple shoots in the basas medium supplemented 3mg/1 BAP and 0.2 mg/l IBA with out Agar. For shoot froliferation from shoot - tip the light regimen as adopted 10/24 (light/dark). Rooted plantled were acclimatized and grown in the green house
Plants, medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

The study was carried out to examine the proliferation in vitro of Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms. Results: Using HgCl 2 with concentration of 0.1% within 15 minutes and H2O2 within 30 minutes was the best of decontamination time. With the time, the live rate was >80%. Meristems of the branch of Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms were induced to develop into plantlets in a medium containing MS-minerals and 2.0 mg/l kinetin. In this medium, an average of 3.4+-0.62 shoots in about 60 days. 100% rooting of the shoots were induced in MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/l IBA in 30 days. Rooted planted were grown in the green house.
Araliaceae ; Greenhouse Effect

Background: Investment to meet the man power requirements are recognized as urgent; especially to efficiently implement the National Strategy of Preventive Medicine. To strengthen the capability of provincial preventive medicine centers, the Ministry of Health has approved Decision No 05/2006QD-BYT for functions, tasks, authorization and organizational structure of Provincial Preventive Medicine Centers (PPMCs). Objectives: The study was conducted to evaluate the manpower and organization structure of northern PPMCs and provide recommendations for policy makers. Subjects and method: Using the cross-sectional descriptive method, the study covered the preventive medicine centers of 29 northern provinces between Jan to Jun 2007. The information was collected by interviews and self-reported questionnaires. Results:23/29 PPMCs have not met the criteria of man power stated in the Circular 08/2007/TTLB-BYT-BNV. Only 9/29 PPMCs were well organized in accordance with Decision 05/2006/QD-BYT of the Ministry of Health. The average number of staffs in PPMCs was 50+15. Medical staffs accounted for 53%, out of which 21.1% had postgraduate degrees; 32.2% had graduate degrees and 23.3% had been trained in preventive care. Conclusion: To meet the requirements provided by the Decision No05/2006QD-BYT, the man power and training for staffs in PPMCs should be improved and strengthened.
Man power ; Preventive medicine.

Background: There are many methods used in epidemiological studies of tuberculosis (TB) bacteria but Spoligotyping method is widely used with high accuracy, simple procedure, and carried out on strains containing a little of IS6110 segment \r\n', u'Objectives: To improve Spoligotyping technique and apply this technique to classify Mycobacterium tuberculosis\r\n', u'Subjects and method: Subjects and methods: The study included 12 medical waste samples collected at Thai Binh Hospital of Tuberculosis and 19 samples obtained from the The Hanoi Institute for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. Spoligo model of 31 samples were analyzed based on Spotclust and SpoIDB4 database and divided up into family and subfamily.\r\n', u'Results: Spoligotyping technique has good results with the PCR product amplified 40 cycles and presented the film in 18 hours. Obtained results in 31 medical waste samples belong to 4 families: Beijing, EAI, T1 and H3-LAM9. EAI and Beijing are dominant families with 45.16% and 38.7%), respectively. T1 and H3-LAM9 are 12.9% and 3.22%, respectively. The number of samples in the study is little but the obtained rate of different spoligo models of strains are quite diversified (41.9%)\r\n', u'Conclusion: This result is relatively appropriate with previous studies on the distribution of EAI and Beijing families in Vietnam and the world. Spligotyping technique distinguished samples belonging to Beijing or non-Beijing families, which support for clinical treatment and development of new vaccines.\r\n', u'\r\n', u'\r\n', u'
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis

Background: The method of immunoelectron microscopy has been found more than 20 years. It is widely applied to detect and identify some types of virus in medical waste samples.\r\n', u'Objectives: To identify antigen location of Rota virus in organelle of the Vero cell and primary monkey kidney cells after infecting and to study the interaction between the virus and host cells.\r\n', u'Subjects and methods: The study was conducted on Rota virus G1P8 (KH0118) isolated from patients with symptoms of acute diarrhea, primary monkey kidney cells collected from Macaca mulatta monkey and the Vero cell of WHO. \r\n', u'Results: Gold particles (10nm) coated protein A and polyclonal antibodies were used to interact directly with Rotavirus proteins \r\n', u'These gold particles with high electron density revealed the antigen location of the Rota virus in the lysosome, pouch and other compartments of the cytoplasm.\r\n', u'Newly assembled viral particles could be identified only after 18-20hours post-infection. It is also noteworthy that viral particles and empty capsides (virus like particles) were comprised into cytoplasmic vesicles associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi system.\r\n', u'Conclusion: In order to better understand the interaction mechanism of virus and host cells, the use of this method together with specific monoclonal antibodies for each protein component of viruses and cells is essential.\r\n', u'\r\n', u'\r\n', u'
Rotavirus ; Vero Cells ;

Background: Recently, microplate almar blue assay has been used commonly in detecting gen related to tuberculosis drug resistance, which provides results after 5-7 days with lower cost compared to traditional methods. Objective: To evaluate the application of microplate almar blue assay for rapid detection of drug resistance of M. tuberculosis strains. Subject and Method: A microplate-based assay which uses Alamar blue reagent - an oxidation reduction dye (MABA), was used for the determination of the anti-tuberculosis drug (isoniazid-INH, rifampicine-RIF, streptomycine-STR and ethabuton=EMB) resistance of 96 M. tuberculosis strains isolated from Vietnamese patients in comparison to those obtained by conversional method. Result: MABA showed to have high sensitivity and specificity in testing the sensitivity to individual anti-tuberculosis drugs (from 82.4% for STR to 93.3% for - INH and from 82.5% for EMB to 98.4% for STR; respectively), as well as for the multi-drug resistant M.tuberculosis (86.4% of sensitivity), highly correlated with the result determined by proportion method. Conclusion: MABA reveals the advantage in shortening test time, in simple performance and lower cost compared with the conversional culture based methods.
Microplate almar blue assay ; M. tuberculosis ; drug resistance

Objective: The purpose of this survey was to estimate the prevalence of viral load (VL) suppression and emergence of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) among individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 36 months or longer in Viet Nam using a nationally representative sampling method. Methods: The survey was conducted between May and August 2014 using a two-stage cluster design. Sixteen ART clinics were selected using probability proportional to proxy size sampling, and patients receiving ART for at least 36 months were consecutively enrolled. Epidemiological information and blood specimens were collected for HIV-1 VL and HIVDR testing; HIVDR was defined by the Stanford University HIVDR algorithm. Results: Overall, 365 eligible individuals were recruited with a mean age of 38.2 years; 68.4% were men. The mean time on ART was 75.5 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 69.0–81.9 months), and 93.7% of the patients were receiving non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based regimens. Of the 365 individuals, 345 (94.7%, 95% CI: 64.1–99.4%) had VL below 1000 copies/mL and 19 (4.6%, 95% CI: 2.8-–7.5) had HIVDR mutations. Discussion Our nationally representative survey found a high level of VL suppression and a low prevalence of HIVDR among individuals who received ART for at least 36 months in Viet Nam. Continued surveillance for HIVDR is important for evaluating and improving HIV programs.

Aim: DNA molecular size markers or DNA ladders play a vital role in molecular biology laboratories where DNA electrophoresis experiments are usually conducted. This study aimed to produce a 100 bp DNA ladder at laboratory scale, which could be applied to determine the size of DNA fragments in molecular biology experiments. Methodology and results: In this study, 14 primers including 4 forwards and 10 reverses were designed based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Bacillus subtilis. These primers were able to amplify 10 DNA fragments with accurate sizes from 100 to 1000 bp. Furthermore, touchdown PCR was involved to maximize the specificity and yield of PCR products. Ten DNA fragments with the sizes including 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 and 1000 bp were synthesized, and such bands were equivalent with commercial DNA ladders. Moreover, the quantity and quality of PCR products were measured using a nanodrop spectrophotometer. The optimal concentration ratios between such fragments (100- 1000 bp) were 800, 300, 150, 150, 500, 50, 50, 50, 50 and 50 (ng/µL), respectively. These ratios showed the clear and high resolution on 1.5% agarose gel. Conclusion, significance and impact of the study The results indicated that 16S rRNA gene of B. subtilis was a potential material for DNA ladder preparation due to the multiple copies number of this gene. Furthermore, in combination with touchdown PCR, the nonspecific bands were reduced, and the products could be used directly without the need of purification step.
Bacillus subtilis--genetics