Dr Janjira Thaipadungpanit
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Janjira Thaipadungpanit
Senior Scientist
Microbiology
Janjira Thaipadungpani is a molecular microbiologist based at Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine research Unit, Thailand. She is Head of Molecular Microbiology at the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medical Research Unit (MOMRU).
Her research interests include:
- Molecular epidemiology of leptospirosis and melioidosis using multicolus sequence typing or genome data;
- Molecular diagnosis for identification aetiology of acute febrile illness and sepsis patients.
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Molecular diagnosis and bacterial genotyping
A molecular microbiologist, Dr Janjira’s research focusses on using bacterial typing based on genome to confirm which disease is present in a patient. She aims to develop a single whole genome sequence type test using mutliple-PCR assays that can determine from a single sample of blood what bacteria or viruses are present in a patient’s blood – thereby speeding up diagnosis and potentially saving lives in resource-limited settings.
Recent publications
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Defining the burden of febrile illness in rural South and Southeast Asia: an open letter to announce the launch of the Rural Febrile Illness project
Chandna A. et al, (2022), Wellcome Open Research, 6, 64 - 64
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Molecular Epidemiological Study of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in a Kindergarten-Based Setting in Bangkok, Thailand.
Thammasonthijarern N. et al, (2021), Pathogens, 10
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Defining the burden of febrile illness in rural South and Southeast Asia: an open letter to announce the launch of the Rural Febrile Illness project
Chandna A. et al, (2021), Wellcome Open Research, 6, 64 - 64
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Human, animal, water source interactions and leptospirosis in Thailand.
Narkkul U. et al, (2021), Scientific reports, 11
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Defining the burden of febrile illness in rural South and Southeast Asia: an open letter to announce the launch of the Rural Febrile Illness project.
Chandna A. et al, (2021), Wellcome open research, 6