Hoa Thi Ngo

Head of Zoonosis Group

Zoonosis

Dr Ngo Thi Hoa, a molecular microbiologist, joined the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine in 2005. She is Head of Zoonosis Group at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, the Wellcome Programme. She is a visiting lecturer at University of Science and Open University, Ho Chi Minh City. She studies the genetic and antimicrobial resistance of the zoonotic pathogens and the burden of zoonotic infections for potential intervention for prevention/ reduction of zoonotic transmission/ infections. One of the current researched zoonotic pathogens is Streptoccocus suis, the important emerging pathogen of central nervous system in Viet Nam and Asia.

Key publications

Streptococcus suisand Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, Vietnam
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Hoa NT. et al, (2013), Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19, 331 - 333

Recent publications

Publisher Correction: Genomic signatures of human and animal disease in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis.
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Weinert LA. et al, (2019), Nature communications, 10
Burden of disease and economic impact of human Streptococcus suis infection in Viet Nam
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Huong VTL. et al, (2019), Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 113, 341 - 350
Limited contribution of non-intensive chicken farming to ESBL-producing Escherichia coli colonization in humans in Vietnam: an epidemiological and genomic analysis.
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Nguyen VT. et al, (2019), The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 74, 561 - 570
Increasing women's leadership in science in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Hoa NT. et al, (2019), Lancet (London, England), 393, 523 - 524
Streptococcus suis contains multiple phase-variable methyltransferases that show a discrete lineage distribution.
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Atack JM. et al, (2018), Nucleic acids research, 46, 11466 - 11476

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