Infectious Diseases

Thuy Le, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
Campus mail 315 Trent Drive, Room #257, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 668-5053
Email address thuy.le@duke.edu

Education and Training

  • Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, 2009 - 2011
  • Infectious Disease Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine, 2006 - 2009
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2002 - 2005
  • D.Phil., University of Oxford (United Kingdom), 2016
  • M.D., University of Arizona, College of Medicine, 2002

Grants

Publications

Wei, Wudi, Chuanyi Ning, Jiegang Huang, Gang Wang, Jingzhen Lai, Jing Han, Jinhao He, et al. “Talaromyces marneffei promotes M2-like polarization of human macrophages by downregulating SOCS3 expression and activating the TLR9 pathway.” Virulence 12, no. 1 (December 2021): 1997–2012. https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2021.1958470.

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34339354
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Thu, Nguyen T. M., Jasper F. W. Chan, Vo Trieu Ly, Hoa T. Ngo, Ha T. A. Hien, Nguyen P. H. Lan, Nguyen V. V. Chau, et al. “Superiority of a Novel Mp1p Antigen Detection Enzyme Immunoassay Compared to Standard BACTEC Blood Culture in the Diagnosis of Talaromycosis.” Clin Infect Dis 73, no. 2 (July 15, 2021): e330–36. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa826.

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32564074
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Narayanasamy, Shanti, John Dougherty, H Rogier van Doorn, and Thuy Le. “Pulmonary Talaromycosis: A Window into the Immunopathogenesis of an Endemic Mycosis.” Mycopathologia, July 6, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-021-00570-0.

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34228343
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Buchanan, James, James Altunkaya, Nguyen Van Kinh, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Vo Trieu Ly, Pham Thi Thanh Thuy, Vu Hai Vinh, et al. “Cost-Effectiveness of Amphotericin B Deoxycholate Versus Itraconazole for Induction Therapy of Talaromycosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults in Vietnam.” Open Forum Infect Dis 8, no. 7 (July 2021): ofab357. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab357.

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34337101
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Axfors, Cathrine, Andreas M. Schmitt, Perrine Janiaud, Janneke Van’t Hooft, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Ehab F. Abdo, Benjamin S. Abella, et al. “Author Correction: Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials.” Nat Commun 12, no. 1 (May 14, 2021): 3001. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23559-1.

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33990619
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Axfors, Cathrine, Andreas M. Schmitt, Perrine Janiaud, Janneke Van’t Hooft, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Ehab F. Abdo, Benjamin S. Abella, et al. “Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials.” Nat Commun 12, no. 1 (April 15, 2021): 2349. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22446-z.

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33859192
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Klus, Jonathan, Vo Trieu Ly, Cliburn Chan, and Thuy Le. “Prognosis and treatment effects of HIV-associated talaromycosis in a real-world patient cohort.” Med Mycol 59, no. 4 (April 6, 2021): 392–99. https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myab005.

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Paul, R. H., C. M. Shikuma, N. V. V. Chau, L. C. Ndhlovu, N. T. Thanh, A. C. Belden, D. C. Chow, et al. “Neurocognitive Trajectories After 72 Weeks of First-Line Anti-retroviral Therapy in Vietnamese Adults With HIV-HCV Co-infection.” Frontiers in Neurology 12 (March 12, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.602263.

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Ying, R. S., T. Le, W. P. Cai, Y. R. Li, C. B. Luo, Y. Cao, C. Y. Wen, et al. “Clinical epidemiology and outcome of HIV-associated talaromycosis in Guangdong, China, during 2011-2017.” Hiv Med 21, no. 11 (December 2020): 729–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13024.

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33369035
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Ly, Vo Trieu, Nguyen Tat Thanh, Nguyen Thi Mai Thu, Jasper Chan, Jeremy N. Day, John Perfect, Cao Ngoc Nga, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, and Thuy Le. “Occult Talaromyces marneffei Infection Unveiled by the Novel Mp1p Antigen Detection Assay.” Open Forum Infect Dis 7, no. 11 (November 2020): ofaa502. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa502.

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33269295
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