Publications by authors named "R Buathong"
Air Passengers' Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection with a 14-day Quarantine and Accuracy Assessment of a Symptom-based Screening System at an Airport.
J Prev Med Public Health
November 2024
Objectives: This study aimed to validate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, identify infection risk factors among air passengers subject to a 14-day mandatory quarantine, and evaluate the accuracy of mass symptom-based screening criteria at an airport.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from 116,004 air passengers who entered Thailand through Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok from April to September 2020. The incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, risk characteristics, and accuracy indices of symptom-based screening were calculated.
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in Thailand: using a one health approach to respond to novel zoonosis and its implications in clinical practice.
One Health Outlook
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne disease caused by Dabie bandavirus, first reported in Thailand in 2019.
- The study highlights a One Health investigation, revealing that domestic dogs and cats may act as potential reservoirs for the virus, while no SFTSV was found in local ticks or wild animals.
- The authors emphasize the need for integrated surveillance using genomic and serologic methods to better understand SFTS and prevent its spread among humans and animals in East Asia.
Emerging coronaviruses (CoVs) are understood to cause critical human and domestic animal diseases; the spillover from wildlife reservoirs can result in mild and severe respiratory illness in humans and domestic animals and can spread more readily in these naïve hosts. A low-cost CoV molecular method that can detect a variety of CoVs from humans, animals, and environmental specimens is an initial step to ensure the early identification of known and new viruses. We examine a collection of 50 human, 46 wastewater, 28 bat, and 17 avian archived specimens using 3 published pan-CoV PCR assays called Q-, W-, and X-CoV PCR, to compare the performance of each assay against four CoV genera.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a pioneer species in the cannabis family (Cannabaceae) that is widely distributed in Thai community forests and forest edges. The mature leaves are predominantly used as an anti-parasite treatment and feed for local freshwater fish, inspiring investigation of their phytochemical composition and bioactivity. The purpose of this work was to investigate the bioactive compounds in leaf extract and their cytotoxicity in the BF-2 fish cell line (ATCC CCL-91).
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- Omicron emerged as a significant variant of concern in late 2021, highlighted by its rapid spread and unique mutations, prompting a need for better detection methods of viral variants.
- This study evaluated two classification platforms for SARS-CoV-2 variants using 618 COVID-19-positive samples from Bangkok, focusing on Delta, Omicron BA.1, and BA.2 variants.
- The findings showed that Omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2 had 2-3 times higher transmission rates than the Delta variant, offering a cost-effective approach for tracking variants and informing public health decisions.