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.

Recent publications

Understanding and predicting ciprofloxacin minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli with machine learning.
Journal article

Pataki BÁ. et al, (2020), Scientific reports, 10
Value of lipocalin 2 as a potential biomarker for bacterial meningitis
Journal article

Thanh TT. et al, (2020), Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Publisher Correction: Genomic signatures of human and animal disease in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis.
Journal article

Weinert LA. et al, (2019), Nature communications, 10
Burden of disease and economic impact of human Streptococcus suis infection in Viet Nam
Journal article

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.
Journal article

Nguyen VT. et al, (2019), The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 74, 561 - 570

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