Publications by authors named "Budsabong Kanchanasaka"
We describe the use of handheld X-ray fluorescence, for elephant tusk species identification. Asian (n = 72) and African (n = 85) elephant tusks were scanned and we utilized the species differences in elemental composition to develop a functional model differentiating between species with high precision. Spatially, the majority of measured elements (n = 26) exhibited a homogeneous distribution in cross-section, but a more heterologous pattern in the longitudinal direction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nipah virus (NiV) first emerged in Malaysia in 1998, with two bat species (Pteropus hypomelanus and P. vampyrus) as the putative natural reservoirs. In 2002, NiV IgG antibodies were detected in these species from Thailand, but viral RNA could not be detected for strain characterization.
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- Bats in Thailand are known to host various coronaviruses, including those similar to human pathogens like SARS and MERS, which raises concerns for zoonotic transmission.
- A study collected samples from 626 bats across 19 species in Eastern Thailand, discovering CoV RNA in 7.6% of them, representing a diverse range of coronaviruses including new bat CoV reservoirs.
- Findings indicate that similar CoV lineages can be found in different bat species, suggesting a complex and diverse ecology of coronaviruses among bats in the region, highlighting the need for further research.
Background: A major reservoir of Nipah virus is believed to be the flying fox genus Pteropus, a fruit bat distributed across many of the world's tropical and sub-tropical areas. The emergence of the virus and its zoonotic transmission to livestock and humans have been linked to losses in the bat's habitat. Nipah has been identified in a number of indigenous flying fox populations in Thailand.
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