During 2008-2009 2,401 Phlebotomine sand flies were collected in 14 limestone caves in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand to determine the prevalence and type of cavernicolous species that have the potential to be leishmaniasis vectors. Twenty species belonging to the genera Chinius, Nemopalpus, Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia were identified. An additional man-biting species, P. major major was reco...

We examined the distribution of genetic mutations associated with resistance to the M2 ion channel-blocking adamantane derivatives, amantadine and rimantadine, among H5N1 viruses isolated in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and China. More than 95% of the viruses isolated in Vietnam and Thailand contained resistance mutations, but resistant mutants were less commonly isolated ...

This paper describes the development of a boundary fitted nested grid (BFNG) model to compute tsunami propagation of 2004 Indonesian tsunami in Southern Thailand coastal waters. We develop a numerical model employing the shallow water nested model and an orthogonal boundary fitted grid to investigate the tsunami impact on the Southern Thailand due to the Indonesian tsunami of 2004. Comparisons ...

1American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 2University College London, London, United Kingdom; 3Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 4First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 5Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 6Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial...

1 Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail: [email protected] 2 Department of Geography and Environment, Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA 94920, USA 3 Southern Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Songkhla 90100, Tha...

Mycotoxins contaminate both raw agricultural commodities and processed food. As the world food exporter, Thailand has to be aware of food safety. Both international and local publications of major mycotoxins contamination of food in Thailand published from 20002010 were reviewed. A wide range of contamination levels were found. In Thailand, regulatory limit has been set only for aflatoxins. Glo...

1 Pathology and Molecular Systematics Team, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Weymouth, United Kingdom, 2 Shrimp-virus interaction laboratory, Animal Biotechnology Research unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Bangkok, Thailand, 3 Center of Excellence for Shrimp Mole...

A new species of the rarely collected ant genus Platythyrea Roger, 1863 closely related to Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911 is described and illustrated based on the worker caste under the name Platythyrea janyaisp. n. This species is distributed in southern Thailand and western Malaysia, while P. clypeata is distributed in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand in the areas north of the Isthmu...

Rodjana OPASSIRI*, Yanling HUA†, Onnop WARA-ASWAPATI*, Takashi AKIYAMA‡, Jisnuson SVASTI§, Asim ESEN¶ and James R. KETUDAT CAIRNS*1 *Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand, †Center for Scientific and Technological Equipment, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand, ‡Department of Low Temperature Science, National...