Researcher, Institute of Veterinary Research and Development of Central Vietnam, No. 227, 2/4 street, Vinh Hoa ward, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam

Email: thoitruong@gmail.com

About me

As a researcher, I have participated in scientific research projects in veterinary medicine. My area of interest is research on the pathogenic process of bacteria and viruses in livestock and the development of vaccines against infectious diseases in animals. I am also interested in clinical diagnosis, disease treatment, and surgical surgery for animals.

Qualifications

2017 to now: Ph.D. candidate, Microbiology, Chung-Ang University, South Korea

2011 – 2013: Master’s Degree, Microbiology, Chung-Ang University, South Korea

2000 – 2005: Bachelor’s Degree (Veterinary) Hue Agricultural and Forestry. Hue University, Vietnam

Employment

2017 to now:  Ph.D. candidate, Microbiology, Chung-Ang University, South Korea

2014 – 9/2017:     Marketing Department, IVRD

2005 – 2014:        Researcher, Department of Bacteriology, IVRD

 Research expertise

Biotechnology, Veterinary, Disease diagnosis, Infectious and emerging diseases, Vaccine development, Immulogy animal health

Languages

  • Vietnamese (native)
  • English (fluent)

Projects

  1. Study on the epidemiology and circulation of Leptospira in pigs in the South Central – Central Highlands region and develop preventive measures (2011 – 2013)
  2. Research and development of antitoxin vaccines against forms of necrotizing enterocolitis caused by perfringens in cows, goats and sheep (2009 – 2011).
  3. Determine the situation of necrotizing enterocolitis caused by Clostridium perfringens in chickens raised in Khanh Hoa and develop preventive measures (2011).
  4. Analysis of antibiotic resistance of coli bacteria causing diarrhea in piglets (2010).
  5. Identify bacteria causing calves pneumonia, develop appropriate preventive measures (2007 – 2009).
  6. Studying diarrhea in dairy calves caused by coli, Salmonella and C. perfringens and making biological products for prevention and treatment (2007 – 2009).
  7. Survey on some epidemiological characteristics of necrotizing enterocolitis caused by Clostridium perfringens in goats and sheep in Ninh Thuan and Khanh Hoa (2008).
  8. Research and production of freeze-dried attenuated vaccines against Pasteurellosis, seal, paratyphoid and swine cholera. (2004 – 2006)
  9. Research and manufacture of inactivated vaccines against Pasteurella, coli and Coriza in chickens (2004 – 2006)
  10. Researching and perfecting the production of duck coli vaccine (in the form of a dead vaccine supplemented with colloidal alum) (2005)

Publications

Journal articles

  1. Thoi C. Truong, Heekuk Park, Jong‐Hwa Kim,  Van Trung Tran, Wonyong Kim, 2023. The evolutionary phylodynamics of human parechovirus A type 3 reveal multiple recombination events in South Korea, Journal of Medical Virology, https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.29477
  2. Thoi Cong Truong, Tinh Huu Nguyen, Wonyong Kim, 2022. Multiple reassortment and interspecies transmission events contribute to the diversity of porcine-like human rotavirus C strain detected in South Korea. Archives of Virology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05528-1
  3. Thoi Cong Truong, Van Thai Than, Wonyong Kim, 2014. Evolution Phylodynamics of Korea Noroviruses Reveals a Novel GII.2/GII.10 recombination event, PloS ONE(12): e113966
  4. Thoi Cong Truong, Van Thai Than, Wonyong Kim, 2014. Whole genomic characterization of a Korean human parechovirus typ1 (HPeV1) identifies recombination event, Journal of Medical Virology 86(12), 2084-2091

 Conferences

  1. European society for Peadiatric infectious diseases, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 6-11 May, 2019
  2. The 28th Annual meeting of the Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research and the 3rd Seoul International Symposium on Helicobacter and Upper gastrointestinal disease (SI-HUG 2020)