Browsing by Subject "Vietnam"
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AIDS‐associated Cryptococcus neoformans and Penicillium marneffei coinfection: a therapeutic dilemma in resource‐limited settings.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2010-11-01)AIDS‐associated Cryptococcus neoformans and Penicillium marneffei coinfection has not been adequately studied and poses unique therapeutic challenges in resource‐limited settings. Itraconazole poorly penetrates ... -
An Army of the Willing: Fayette'Nam, Soldier Dissent, and the Untold Story of the All-Volunteer Force
(2015)Using Fort Bragg and Fayetteville, North Carolina, as a local case study, this dissertation examines the GI dissent movement during the Vietnam War and its profound impact on the ending of the draft and establishment of ... -
Back in the World: Vietnam Veterans through Popular Culture
(2009)In his Dispatches, Michael Herr quotes the gonzo photojournalist Tim Page: "Take the glamour out of war! I mean, how the bloody hell can you do that?[...] Ohhhh, war is good for you, you can't take the glamour out of that. ... -
Barriers and Facilitators for Including Village Health Workers (VHW) in Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Prevention and Control in Chi Linh District, Hai Duong Province, Vietnam
(2017)The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continues to grow in Vietnam. Recently, Vietnam government initiated a new national plan with a strong focus on NCD prevention and control in the community. This study is intended ... -
Capacity of Primary Healthcare Facilities on Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases in a Resource-limited Area in Vietnam
(2017)Background: Vietnam is in the process of an epidemiological transition, with cardiovascular diseases now ranked as the leading cause of death. This study assessed the commune health centers in selected rural and urban communities ... -
Detection and Characterization of Human Pegivirus 2, Vietnam.
(Emerging infectious diseases, 2018-11)We report human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2) infection in Vietnam. We detected HPgV-2 in some patients with hepatitis C virus/HIV co-infection but not in patients with HIV or hepatitis A, B, or C virus infection, nor in healthy ... -
Diagnosing Rhodococcus equi infections in a setting where tuberculosis is highly endemic: a double challenge.
(J Clin Microbiol, 2015-04)Rhodococcus equi infection is increasing in regions with high HIV prevalence worldwide. The microbiological features and clinical mimicry of tuberculosis infection pose diagnostic challenges in high-tuberculosis-incidence ... -
Differential prevalence and geographic distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in acute and chronic hepatitis C patients in Vietnam.
(PloS one, 2019-01)BACKGROUND:The highest burden of disease from hepatitis C virus (HCV) is found in Southeast Asia, but our understanding of the epidemiology of infection in many heavily burdened countries is still limited. In particular, ... -
Environmental predictors and incubation period of AIDS-associated penicillium marneffei infection in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2013-05)BACKGROUND: Penicillium marneffei is an emerging dimorphic mycosis endemic in Southeast Asia, and a leading cause of mortality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected people in the region. Factors governing the ... -
Epidemiology, seasonality, and predictors of outcome of AIDS-associated Penicillium marneffei infection in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2011-04-01)BACKGROUND: Penicillium marneffei is an important human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated opportunistic pathogen in Southeast Asia. The epidemiology and the predictors of penicilliosis outcome are poorly understood. ... -
Experimentally Estimating Safety in Numbers in a Single-Party Legislature
(Journal of Politics, 2022-07-01)This article builds on recent experimental work in the Vietnamese National Assembly to explore a critical qualification regarding responsiveness in authoritarian parliaments: delegates grow increasingly responsive as the ... -
Foreign investment and bribery: A firm-level analysis of corruption in Vietnam
(Journal of Asian Economics, 2012-04)Among the concerns faced by countries pondering the costs and benefits of greater economic openness to international capital flows is the worry that new and powerful external actors will exert a corrupting influence on the ... -
Fostering global value chains through international agreements: Evidence from Vietnam
(Economics and Politics, 2021-11-01)Which is more reassuring to foreign investors—domestic laws or international agreements? A substantial literature argues that foreign investment may be underprovided, because governments cannot offer credible guarantees ... -
Globalization and State Capitalism: Assessing Vietnam's Accession to the WTO
(CESifo Working Paper Series, 2017-08-28)What do state-owned enterprises (SOEs) do? How do they respond to market incentives? Can we expect substantial efficiency gains from trade liberalization in economies with a strong presence of SOEs? Using a new dataset of ... -
Haunted Borderland : The Politics on the Border War against China in post-Cold War Vietnam
(2014)This dissertation deals with the history and memory of the Border War with China in contemporary Vietnam. Due to its particularity as a war between two neighboring socialist countries in Cold War Asia, the Border War has ... -
High prevalence of PI resistance in patients failing second-line ART in Vietnam.
(J Antimicrob Chemother, 2016-03)BACKGROUND: There are limited data from resource-limited settings on antiretroviral resistance mutations that develop in patients failing second-line PI ART. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional virological assessment ... -
HIV-1 drug resistance in antiretroviral-naive individuals with HIV-1-associated tuberculous meningitis initiating antiretroviral therapy in Vietnam.
(Antivir Ther, 2012)BACKGROUND: Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected individuals in Vietnam is rapidly expanding, but there are limited data on HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) to guide ART strategies. METHODS: We retrospectively ... -
How do firms feel about participation by their peers in the regulatory design process? An online survey experiment testing the substantive change and spillover mechanisms
(Strategy Science, 2019-06-01)This paper examines two concerns with calls for increased participation by firms in the government design of regulations in emerging markets. First, given the profit maximization goals of firms, can the benefits of business ... -
Institutions and inequality in single-party regimes a comparative analysis of vietnam and China
(Comparative Politics, 2011-07-01)Despite the fact that China and Vietnam have been the world's two fastest growing economies over the past two decades,their income inequality patterns are very different. An examination of the political institutions in the ... -
“Leakage” in international regulatory regimes: Did the OECD Anti-Bribery convention increase bribery?
(Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2021-10-18)When do well-intended regulatory regimes have unintended consequences? We examine one obstacle to successful regulation, “regulatory leakage,” in the context of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (ABC). Leakage occurs when ...
