{"id":908,"date":"2021-03-04T04:18:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T04:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/?page_id=908"},"modified":"2021-03-10T09:03:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:03:30","slug":"current-research-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/current-research-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Research activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Research<\/p>

The department of Helminthology carries out research activities in basic and applied sciences in 4 main areas.<\/p>

1.Diversity and Taxonomy
2.Biology and Epidemiology
3.Immunodiagnosis
4.Molecular Biology<\/p>

Ongoing Research<\/b><\/p>

Angiostrongyliasis<\/p>

1.Angiostrongyliasis: partially purified antigens of Angiostrongylus cantonensis adult worms for diagnosis using immunoblot.
2.Angiostrongyliasis: potential fractionated antigens of Angiostrongylus cantonensis adult worms for diagnosis using ELISA.
3.Analysis of a protein expression from Angiostrongylus cantonensis DNA cloning for serodiagnosis of angiostrongyliasis.
4.Detection of IgG-subclass for serodiagnosis of angiostrongyliasis.<\/p>

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Cysticercosis and Taeniasis<\/p>

1.Comparison of biochemical extracts preparations of Cysticercus cellulosae by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblot technique.
2.mtDNA sequences of Taenia spp.
3.Molecular epidemiology of Taeniasis in Thailand<\/p>

Echinococcosis<\/p>

1.Mitochondrial DNA sequence of protoscoleces of Echinococcus cysts from four patients.
2.Serodiagnosis of suspected echino-coccosis cases using native, partially-purified, and DNA recombinant antigens.<\/p>

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Filariasis<\/p>

-Rare or unrecognized evidence of human dirofilariasis in Thailand: possible immunoblot diagnosis of one Thai patient.<\/p>

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Gnathostomiasis<\/p>

1.Immunoblot-diagnostic specificity for gnathostomiasis.
2.Prevalence of Gnathostoma spinigerum in cats and dogs in Buddhist Temples in Bangkok.<\/p>

Opisthorchiasis<\/p>

-Studies on the efficacy of Thai traditional herbal medicines in the treatment of opisthorchiasis in hamsters.<\/p>

Paragonimiasis<\/p>

1.32-33 kDa-eluted Paragonimus heterotremus antigen for serodiagnosis.
2.Molecular systematic of Paragonimus lung flukes and intestinal trematodes.
3.Studies on Paragonimus populations: morphology, enzymology, molecular biology and epidemiology aspects.<\/p>

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis<\/p>

1.Efficacy of high dose mebendazole against trichuriasis in adult patients.
2.Herbal medicinal effects on soil-transmitted helminthiasis.
3.Impact of deworming on anemic status of children and adolescence girls.
4.Relationship between behavior and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in seaman.<\/p>

Toxocariasis<\/p>

1.Evaluation of excretory-secretory and partially purified antigens of adult Toxocara canis against
2.Toxocariasis by ELISA and immunoblot.
3.Toxocara canis larval antigens for serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis.<\/p>

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Trichinellosis<\/p>

1.Effect of trichinellosis on lipid peroxidation in rat
2.Trichinellosis papuae in Ban-Rai district, Uthaithani Province, Thailand<\/p>

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Other parasites<\/p>

1.Diagnosis of liver and intestinal flukes by PCR.
2.Differential serodiagnosis between liver and intestinal trematodes.
3.Fish-borne trematodes in Thailand.
4.Helminthic infection in Tsunami-affected area: soil contamination and infection rates in the population.
5.Cross-sectional study of parasitic infections and enteric bacteria among food handlers and water sources in primary school and restaurants at Sai-yok district, Kanchanaburi Province.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research The department of Helminthology carries out research activities in basic and applied sciences in 4 main areas. 1.Diversity and Taxonomy2.Biology and Epidemiology3.Immunodiagnosis4.Molecular Biology Ongoing Research Angiostrongyliasis 1.Angiostrongyliasis: partially purified antigens of Angiostrongylus cantonensis adult worms for diagnosis using immunoblot.2.Angiostrongyliasis: potential fractionated antigens of Angiostrongylus cantonensis adult worms for diagnosis using ELISA.3.Analysis of a protein […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-908","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/908\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.11.101.29\/helminth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}