Publications by authors named "Jantawan Satayarak"
From 2018 to 2020, the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak re-emerged in Thailand with a record of more than 10,000 cases up until the end of 2020. Here, we studied acute CHIKV-infected patients who had presented to the Bangkok Hospital for Tropical Diseases from 2019 to 2020 by assessing the relationship between viral load, clinical features, and serological profile. The results from our study showed that viral load was significantly high in patients with fever, headache, and arthritis.
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- Rotavirus is a major cause of gastroenteritis in children, but studies on adult infections are limited; this research focused on Thai adults with acute gastroenteritis in 2018.
- The study identified Group A human rotaviruses in 100 fecal samples, with peak infections occurring in February, as cases declined during the summer months.
- Comprehensive molecular testing revealed the G3[P8] strain as the most prevalent, emphasizing the need for ongoing surveillance to monitor new rotavirus strains and inform vaccine development.