The OUCRU clinical and scientific research programme focuses on the most significant infectious diseases in Vietnam. Many of these are also among the greatest threats to global health in the 21st century.
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Dengue Dengue is the most widely distributed mosquito-borne viral infection of humans, affecting an estimated 100 million people worldwide each year, with 40% (2.5 billion) of the world’s population estimated to be at risk of infection.
Influenza Influenza viruses A, B, and C are RNA viruses that cause respiratory tract infections in humans. Influenza A can cause epidemic disease and, rarely, can lead to a pandemic. Human influenza is spread in respiratory secretions.
CNS infectionsCentral nervous system infections.
Malaria Malaria is a protozoal parasitic disease caused by one of four Plasmodium species and spread by female anopheline mosquitoes.
