Process of Zika virus testing in Vietnam

If detecting signs of suspected Zika virus eating the human brain, you should go to the nearest medical facility to take a sample or call the Ministry of Health hotline for free testing.

The discovery of Zika virus-positive patients eating human brains in our country is making people panic about the disease outbreak in Vietnam. One of the most important tasks in the fight against Zika virus is virus testing. Only when we have sufficient capacity to diagnose viruses can we confirm that this virus has appeared in Vietnam.

Addresses for Zika virus diagnostic tests in Vietnam

One of the most important tasks in the fight against Zika virus is virus testing.

According to Mr. Tran Dac Phu, Director of the Preventive Medicine Department (Ministry of Health), there are 6 establishments nationwide that can accurately test patients with Zika virus infection:

1. Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Central Highlands
2. National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
3. Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City
4. Nha Trang Pasteur Institute
5. Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases
6. Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases

In the coming time, Hanoi Preventive Medical Center.

Process of Zika virus testing

1. People with suspected Zika virus and mild symptoms of fever, conjunctivitis, headache, joint pain, skin rash . go to the nearest medical facility, maybe a commune, or call the Ministry of Health hotline phone number 0989 671 115, then the District Health Center for Preventive Medicine will send medical staff to collect the samples, the time for blood collection only lasts 10-15 minutes.
2. After that, the specimen is transferred to a laboratory capable of testing Zika virus in the fastest time. From the reception of the specimen until the result is about 24 hours.
3. "To properly diagnose Zika virus, two methods need to be done: serological diagnosis and molecular diagnosis. In which, serological diagnosis will likely lead to errors, so we need to look at molecular diagnosis." , Mr. Tran Dac Phu noted.

For people who are suspected of being infected, after taking specimens, they will stay in the medical facility and lie down to avoid infection.

Prof. Dr. Dang Duc Anh, Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology also affirmed that Vietnam currently has the capacity to diagnose Zika virus so people should not be too afraid.

For people who are suspected of being infected, after taking specimens, they will stay in the medical facility and lie down on the curtain to avoid infection, the patient will not have to pay any test costs.

Local health facilities as well as private hospitals, if there are suspected cases of Zika, must immediately contact the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.