OBJECTIVE Salmonella enterica serovar Kedougou is among the top 10 serovars reported in northern Thailand. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors associated with Salmonella Kedougou infection in Thailand and to compare the molecular types and antimicrobial resistance with Salmonella Kedougou isolates of human origin from United States and of animal origin from the United Kingd...

Nakhonsawan Provincial Health Office, Nakhonsawan 60000, Thailand. Received for publication: March 16, 2006. Reprint request: Panithan Santibhavank, M.D., Nakhonsawan Provincial Health Office, Nakhonsawan 60000, Thailand.

1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Rangsit University, Pathum Thani 12000, THAILAND 2 Sino-Thai Traditional Medicine Research Center, Herbal Medicinal Products Research and Development Center (Cooperation between Rangsit University and Harbin Institute of Technology and Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Pathum Thani 12000, THAILAND 3 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prince of Songkla Univers...

in responses to norheim’s editorial, this commentary offers reflections from thailand, how the five unacceptable trade-offs were applied to the universal health coverage (uhc) reforms between 1975 and 2002 when the whole 64 million people were covered by one of the three public health insurance systems. this commentary aims to generate global discussions on how best uhc can be gradually achieve...

Laboratory-reared insects are widely known to have significantly reduced genetic diversity in comparison to wild populations; however, subtle behavioural changes between laboratory-adapted and wild or 'wildish' (i.e., within one or very few generations of field collected material) populations are less well understood. Quantifying alterations in behaviour, particularly sexual, in laboratory-adap...

Thailand’s economy is recovering from an unprecedented crisis emanating multiple waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ample policy space has allowed a swift and bold response vaccine rollout accelerated. However, recovery weak uneven across sectors, with inflation rapidly rising driven by energy prices. Downside risks dominate outlook, sharpening tradeoffs. The pandemic also brought to fore urgency ...

This briefing paper provides an overview of issues related to kratom legislation and policy in Thailand as well as a set of conclusions and recommendations to contribute to a reassessment of the current ban on kratom in Thailand and the region. The briefing is based on desk research of existing documentation as well as field research carried out in October and November 2010 in Bangkok, Surat Th...

A survey of biting midges in animal sheds, mangroves and beaches along the Andaman coastal region in southern Thailand between April 2012 and May 2013 collected 10 species of Culicoides which were not previously known from Thailand. These new records are C. arenicola, C. flavipunctatus, C. hui, C. kinari, C. kusaiensis, C. parabubalus, C. quatei, C. spiculae, C. pseudocordiger and C. tamada. An...

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen with reported cases in Africa, Asia, and large outbreaks in the Pacific. No autochthonous ZIKV infections have been confirmed in Thailand. However, there have been several cases reported in travelers returning from Thailand. Here we report seven cases of acute ZIKV infection in Thai residents across the country confirmed by molecular or s...

Boonsong Sutapun 1,*, Armote Somboonkaew 2, Ratthasart Amarit 2 and Sataporn Chanhorm 2 1 School of Electronic Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, 111 University Ave., Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand; [email protected] 2 Photonics Technology Laboratory, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), National Science and Technology ...