Publications

Madec Y, Ngo HTH, Pham TTP, Le NTH, Nguyen HTT, van Nuil JI, Chu TT, Pham DD, Tran HM, Lai HM, Doan LTT, Nguyen TA, Phan LT, Pham TH. Injecting drug use worsens the quality of life in HIV-HCV co-infected patients in Vietnam. Scientific Reports. 2026;16(1):16192. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-46919-7.

Tran HT, Duong HT, Pham KM, Nguyen BT, Vallo R, D'Ottavi M, Hoang GT, Vu VH, Khuat OTH, Nham TTT, Nguyen DQ, Quillet C, Rapoud D, Van de Perre P, Feelemyer J, Michel L, Laureillard D, Des Jarlais D, Moles JP, Nagot N. Hepatitis C virus incidence trend and its risk factors among people who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Hepatology International. 2025;19(5):1077–1086. doi: 10.1007/s12072-025-10856-w.

D'Ottavi M, Scialabba I, Huong DT, Giang HT, Khue PM, Vinh VH, Vallo R, Michel L, Rapoud D, Quillet C, Thanh NTT, Bouniol J, Oanh KTH, Feelemyer J, Van de Perre P, Laureillard D, Des Jarlais DD, Nagot N, Molès JP. High prevalence and incidence of HSV-2 among people who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam, and risk factors associated with seroconversion. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2025;44(5):1119–1127. doi: 10.1007/s10096-025-05079-8.

Trickey A, Walker JG, Khue PM, Hong TT, Binh NT, Quillet C, Vallo R, Bivegete S, Oanh KTH, Fraser H, Huong DT, Pollack T, Nhung VTT, Jarlais DD, Vinh VH, Nagot N, Laureillard D, Stone J, Vickerman P. Impact and cost-effectiveness of interventions to eliminate hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs in Haiphong, Vietnam. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2025;143:104898. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104898.

Laureillard D, Binh NT, Vinh VH, Hong TT, Quillet C, Thanh NTT, Vallo R, Quynh BTN, Moles JP, Oanh KTH, Huong DT, Rapoud D, Feelemyer J, Michel L, Vickerman P, Fraser H, Weiss L, Lemoine M, Lacombe K, Jarlais DD, Khue PM, Nagot N. High efficiency and safety of hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs in Vietnam. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2025;32(11):e70090. doi: 10.1111/jvh.70090.

Nguyen Thanh Binh, Vu Hai Vinh, Tran Thi Hong, Duong Thi Huong, Nham Thi Tuyet Thanh, Delphine Rapoud, Catherine Quillet, Jean-Pierre Moles, Roselyne Vallo, Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Don Des Jarlais, Didier Laureillard, Nicolas Nagot, Pham Minh Khue and DRIVE/DRIVE-C team. Prevalence and several factors related to HCV infection among people who currently inject drugs in Hai Phong. Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2025;35(2 Suppl.):142–150. doi: 10.51403/0868-2836/2025/2362.

Nguyen Thanh Binh, Vu Hai Vinh, Tran Thi Hong, Cap Minh Duc, Didier Laureillard, Jean Pierre Molès, Nicolas Nagot, Catherine Quillet, Delphine Rapoud, Roselyne Vallo, Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Nham Thi Tuyet Thanh, Pham Minh Khue and DRIVE-C team. Outcomes of community-based integrated hepatitis C care for people who inject drugs in Haiphong, during 2018–2020. Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2025;35(2 Suppl.):113–141. doi: 10.51403/0868-2836/2025/2361.

Trouiller P, Le SM, Hoang Thi G, Duong Thi H, Khuat Thi Hai O, Nham Thi TT, Moles JP, Laureillard D, Des Jarlais DC, Nagot N, Michel L, Pelletier-Fleury N. Micro-costing analysis of a community-based psychiatric intervention among people who inject drugs in Haiphong, Vietnam. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2025;16:1676340. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1676340.

Nguyen Thu Trang, Nguyen Huu Anh, Han Dinh Hoe, Dinh Thi Thanh Thuy, Le Minh Giang, Le Sao Mai, Duong Thi Huong, Hoang Thi Giang, Philippe Trouiller, Laurent Michel. Strained patient-provider relationship, unmotivated workforce, financial constraints, and stigma: Multiple challenges in integrating mental health care within Vietnam's methadone clinics. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. 2025. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2025.2513484.

D'Ottavi M, Thi Tran H, Nguyen H, Hai Vu V, Thanh Binh N, Quang Nguyen D, Bach Thi Nhu Q, Tuyet Thi Nham T, Thi Hai Khuat O, Stone J, Walker J, Sofonea MT, Blanc FX, Bonneton M, Laureillard D, Molès JP, Minh Khue P, Thi Duong H, Nagot N. What is the optimal community-based tuberculosis screening algorithm for people who inject drugs in a high-burden setting? Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2025;12(4):ofaf191. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf191.

Feelemyer J, Des Jarlais DC, Nagot N, Huong DT, Oanh KTH, Khue PM, Thi Giang H, Tuyet Thanh NT, Cleland CM, Arasteh K, Caniglia E, Chen Y, Bart G, Moles JP, Vinh VH, Vallo R, Quillet C, Rapoud D, Le SM, Michel L, Laureillard D, Khan MR. Utility of self-report antiretroviral adherence for predicting HIV viral load among persons who inject drugs in Hai Phong Vietnam: assessing differences by methamphetamine use. AIDS Care. 2024;36(4):553–560. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2023.2275041.

Giang HT, Duc NQ, Khue PM, et al. Gender differences in HIV, HCV risk and prevention needs among people who inject drugs in Vietnam. AIDS and Behavior. 2023;27(6):1989–1997. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03932-x.

Feelemyer J, Des Jarlais D, Nagot N, et al. Association between recent methamphetamine use, antiretroviral therapy and HIV viral load: a mediation analysis from a cohort of HIV-positive persons who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2023;34(4):236–244. doi: 10.1177/09564624221142366.

Nagot N, Binh NT, Hong TT, et al. A community-based strategy to eliminate hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Vietnam. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2023;37:100801. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100801.

Nhu QBT, Thuy LLT, Nguyen HT, et al. HCV RNA quantification by a domestic commercial assay: a case study among people who inject drugs in Vietnam. Diagnostics. 2023;13(22):3456. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13223456.

Nguyen Thanh Binh, Vu Hai Vinh, Nguyen Duc Duong, Tran Thi Hong, et al. Treatment adherence for hepatitis C and related factors in integrated community-based care for injecting drug users in Hai Phong. Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2023;33(1 Suppl.):206–213. doi: 10.51403/0868-2836/2023/991.

Moulis L, Le SM, Hai VV, et al. Gender, homelessness, hospitalization and methamphetamine use fuel depression among people who inject drugs: implications for innovative prevention and care strategies. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2023;14:1233844. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1233844.

Nguyen LBL, Soumah AA, Hoang VT, et al. Performances of dried blood spots and point-of-care devices to identify virological failure in HIV-infected patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2023;37(2):66–83. doi: 10.1089/apc.2022.0135.

Lefrancois LH, Nguyen BT, Pham TTP, Le NTH, Dao HTT, Tran TH, Ngo KP, Tong HT, Phan HTT, Ait-Ahmed M, et al. Assessment of HIV viral load monitoring in remote settings in Vietnam—comparing people who inject drugs to other patients. PLOS ONE. 2023;18(2):e0281857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281857.

Duong HT, Moles JP, Pham KM, et al. A community-based intervention to decrease the prevalence of HIV viremia among people who inject drugs in Vietnam. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022;27:100538. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100538.

Durand M, Nagot N, Nhu QBT, et al. Long-term persistence of mitochondrial DNA instability among HCV-cured people who inject drugs. Biomedicines. 2022;10(10):2541. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10102541.

Durand M, Nagot N, Michel L, et al. Mental disorders are associated with leukocyte telomere shortening among people who inject drugs. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022;13:846844. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.846844.

Giang HT, Duc NQ, Molès JP, et al. Maintaining HIV and HCV prevention and care for people who inject drugs despite COVID-19 in Hai Phong, Vietnam. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2022;110:103870. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103870.

Nguyen TT, Hoang GT, Nguyen DQ, et al. How has the COVID-19 epidemic affected the risk behaviors of people who inject drugs in a city with high harm reduction service coverage in Vietnam? A qualitative investigation. Harm Reduction Journal. 2022;19(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s12954-021-00586-1.

Le SM, Trouiller P, Duong TH, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Development and assessment of a community-based screening tool for mental health disorders among people who inject drugs. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2022;41(3):697–705. doi: 10.1111/dar.13402.

Des Jarlais DC, Arasteh K, Duong Thi Huong, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Using large-scale respondent-driven sampling to monitor the end of an HIV epidemic among persons who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Viet Nam. PLOS ONE. 2021;16(11):e0259983.

Des Jarlais DC, Feelemyer J, Arasteh K, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. The methamphetamine epidemic among persons who inject heroin in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2021;126:108320.

Vu Hai Vinh, Vallo R, Hoang Thi Giang, et al. A cohort study revealed high mortality among people who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2021;139:38–48.

Nagot N, Vu Hai Vinh, Thuy Thi Thu Dong, et al. Alarming tuberculosis rate among people who inject drugs in Vietnam. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2021.

Michel L, Le SM, Thi GH, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Assessment of a psychiatric intervention at community level for people who inject drugs in a low-middle income country: the DRIVE-Mind cohort study in Hai Phong, Viet Nam. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2021;18:100337. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100337.

Durand M, Nagot N, Nhu QBT, et al. Mitochondrial genotoxicity of hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021;10(21):4824.

Le SM, Trouiller P, Duong Thi Huong, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Daily heroin injection and psychiatric disorders: a cross-sectional survey among people who inject drugs in Haiphong, Vietnam. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2020;216:108334.

Molès JP, Vallo R, Khue PM, et al. HIV control programs reduce HIV incidence but not HCV incidence among people who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Scientific Reports. 2020;10(1):6999. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63990-w.

Feelemyer J, Arasteh K, Duong HT, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Associations between methamphetamine use and lack of viral suppression among a cohort of HIV-positive persons who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam. AIDS. 2020;34:1875–1882.

Nguyen Thu Trang, Jauffret-Roustide M, Le Minh Giang, Visier L. How to be self-reliant in a stigmatising context? Challenges facing people who inject drugs in Vietnam. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2020:102913.

Riondel A, Duong Thi Huong, Michel L, et al. Towards targeted interventions in low- and middle-income countries: risk profiles of people who inject drugs in Haiphong, Vietnam. BioMed Research International. 2020:8037193.

Des Jarlais DC, Duong Thi Huong, Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Ending an HIV epidemic among persons who inject drugs in a middle-income country: extremely low HIV incidence among persons who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Viet Nam. AIDS. 2020;34:2305–2311.

Rapoud D, Quillet C, Pham Minh K, et al.; DRIVE-C Study Group. Towards HCV elimination among people who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam: study protocol for an effectiveness-implementation trial evaluating an integrated model of HCV care. BMJ Open. 2020;10(11):e039234.

Nguyen TA, Pham TTP, Tran TH, et al. Feasibility of dried blood spots for HIV viral load monitoring in decentralized areas in North Vietnam in a test-and-treat era: the MOVIDA project. PLOS ONE. 2020;15(4):e0230968. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230968.

Nguyen TT, Luong AN, Nham TTT, Chauvin C, Feelemyer J, Nagot N, Jarlais DD, Le MG, Jauffret-Roustide M. Struggling to achieve a 'normal life': a qualitative study of Vietnamese methadone patients. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2019;68:18–26.

Des Jarlais D, Khue PM, Feelemyer J, et al. Using dual capture/recapture studies to estimate the population size of persons who inject drugs in the city of Hai Phong, Vietnam. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2018;185:106–111.

Hammett TM, Nguyen Thu Trang, Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, et al. The relationship between health policy and public health interventions: a case study of the DRIVE project to 'end' the HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs in Haiphong, Vietnam. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2018;39(2):217–230.

Feelemyer J, Duong Thi Huong, Khuê Pham M, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Increased methamphetamine use among persons who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam, and the association with injection and sexual risk behaviors. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2018.

Pham Minh Khue, Vallo R, Duong Thi Huong, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Psychiatric comorbidities among people who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam: the need for screening and innovative interventions. BioMed Research International. 2018:8346195.

Taieb F, Tran Hong T, Ho HT, et al. First field evaluation of the optimized CE-marked Abbott protocol for HIV RNA testing on dried blood spot in a routine clinical setting in Vietnam. PLOS ONE. 2018;13(2):e0191920. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191920.

Duong HT, Jarlais DD, Khuat OHT, et al.; DRIVE Study Group. Risk behaviors for HIV and HCV infection among people who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Viet Nam. AIDS and Behavior. 2017.

Michel L, Des Jarlais DC, Duong Thi H, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Intravenous heroin use in Haiphong, Vietnam: need for comprehensive care including methamphetamine use-related interventions. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2017;179:198–204.

Des Jarlais D, Duong HT, Pham Minh K, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Integrated respondent-driven sampling and peer support for persons who inject drugs in Haiphong, Vietnam: a case study with implications for interventions. AIDS Care. 2016;28(10):1312–1315.

Des Jarlais DC, Thi Huong D, Thi Hai Oanh K, et al.; DRIVE Study Team. Prospects for ending the HIV epidemic among persons who inject drugs in Haiphong, Vietnam. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2016;32:50–56.