Supamit Chunsuttiwat

..These studies suggest that LANA immunoreactivity may be due to variations in patient response or conformational epitopes...

..In 2002, Thailand began active, population-based surveillance for radiographically confirmed pneumonia in Sa Kaeo Province...

..In September 2000, the New York City Department of Health identified a cluster of infections caused by Listeria monocytogenes isolates with identical molecular subtypes by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and ribotyping...

..Dairy cattle are the likely reservoir, and milk may be an important vehicle of Salmonella transmission to humans...

..Although many infected persons traveled on commercial aircraft, the risk, if any, of in-flight transmission is unknown...

..Isolates from 4 community patients differed. This was the first use of PFGE in a Campylobacter outbreak in the United States; its use was critical in determining that community cases were not linked...

..Additional educational efforts are needed to control the emergence of reptile-associated salmonellosis...

..Serologic data, although limited, may support this finding. Contamination of small, unprotected water systems may be an increasing public health risk...

..We describe the first recognized outbreak of fluoroquinolone-resistant salmonella infections in the United States, which occurred in two nursing homes and one hospital in Oregon...

..Prospective data from multiple years are needed to develop vaccine policy and treatment guidelines, and improve pandemic preparedness...

..Vaccination of 85% of Thai children aged 7 months-4 years might prevent 30% of all pediatric influenza pneumonia hospitalizations in Thailand...

..The development of a safe and effective vaccine against the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is critical to pandemic control...

..This study gives an interval of possible incidences of bacterial meningitis in children under age five, which is between the unadjusted (low estimate) and adjusted (high estimate) incidences...

..8/100,000 children <5 years per year). These findings suggest a relatively low incidence of Hib meningitis. However, additional data from studies of pneumonia are needed to define the Hib disease burden in Thailand...

..The authors' findings emphasize the complexity of dengue serotype-specific virus transmission and severe dengue disease and have important implications for dengue control and vaccine development...

..Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a newly discovered paramyxovirus that causes acute respiratory illness. Despite apparent near-universal exposure during early childhood, immunity is transient...

..This underlines the need to strengthen infrastructure and manpower, ensure public confidence and cooperation, secure maximum government advocacy and support, and forge multi-sector and international cooperation...

..Dengue viruses are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical and subtropical areas. Our aim was to assess prospectively the burden of dengue-related illness in children in Thailand...

..In the present study, we examined the ability of plasma obtained before secondary DV infection to induce ADCC of DV-infected cells...

..This study, thought to be the first to investigate T cell responses to DV in preinfection PBMC, suggests that the pattern of preexisting T cell responses influences the risk for severe disease...

..It is presented in the following major sections: (1) key questions; (2) national perspectives; (3) an international perspective; (4) laboratory aspects in disease surveillance; and (5) partnership...

..However, levels of preillness plasma EA of DV infection in K562 cells did not correlate with the clinical severity or viral burden of secondary DV infection...

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..Their findings increase understanding of dengue virus transmission and disease severity in a well-defined cohort population and offer a study design in which to test the efficacy of potential dengue vaccines...