Review of 52 Studies Finds Low but Hidden Malaria Burden Among Mobile Populations in Mekong Border and Forest Areas
This synthesis mapped malaria evidence among migrant and mobile populations in the Greater Mekong Subregion across epidemiology, access, prevention, and health-system challenges. Of 847 records, 52 studies met inclusion criteria. Reported burden was generally low but highly variable, with hidden reservoirs from asymptomatic or submicroscopic infection in border and forest settings. Structural barriers contributed to delayed diagnosis, inconsistent prevention, and reliance on informal or cross-border care. The review exposes intervention-evaluation gaps rather than proving which approach works best.
Pyae Linn Aung · Ajjima Thussachan · Naing Bo Bo Min · Jetsumon SattabongkotMahidol Vivax Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University · Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
A post hoc analysis of the DEN-301 placebo arm followed 30,620.6 person-years, identifying 560 virologically confirmed dengue cases among 9,698 febrile illnesses; 142 cases, or 25.4%, were hospitalized.
A 20-year-old man on automated peritoneal dialysis developed vague abdominal symptoms, weight loss and declining ultrafiltration. Repeated dialysate cultures, acid-fast staining and molecular tests were negative despite mononuclear-predominant leukocytosis. Contrast CT identified peritoneal nodules, CT peritoneography showed a trapped dialysate pocket, and targeted biopsy demonstrated necrotising granulomatous inflammation. Tissue culture grew M. kansasii resistant to rifampicin, moxifloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
HITAP reviewed 278 HTA capacity-strengthening activities in 25 countries from 2010 to mid-2025. Asia accounted for 151 activities and 128 engagements were programmatic rather than ad hoc. Knowledge sharing represented 26% and research or project collaboration 21%. Among 11 African partner countries, only three had programmatic engagement, accounting for 30 activities.
Morphology combined with ITS, LSU, rpb2 and β-tub phylogenies distinguished Nigropunctata pseudohydei as a new species and confirmed the first Thai record of N. complanata.
Thai researchersZaw Lin Tun · Digvijayini Bundhun · Kevin D. Hyde
An eight-country perspective argues that telemedicine, wearables and home sensors, augmented AI and mobile health can distribute expertise, observe symptoms between visits and support self-management, particularly where neurologists are scarce. Impact depends on infrastructure, interoperability, workforce, governance and equity-first hybrid care, not devices alone.
DJC6219 and NK62157 were isolated from municipal wastewater and characterised through host-range assays, electron microscopy, stability, multiplicity-of-infection optimisation, growth kinetics and genomics.
The authors review challenges in estimating preventable AMR burden and advocate explicit counterfactuals, confounding control and principled combination of individual studies.
Thai researchersCherry Lim · Sue J. Lee · Yin Mo · Ben S. Cooper
Ten Asia-Pacific experts developed 11 consensus statements on mild traumatic brain injury and use of GFAP/UCH-L1 within 12 hours. Final agreement was 90-100%, emphasizing biomarkers as adjuncts while clinical assessment and locally available imaging remain central.
RGD-functionalized cannabidiol lipid nanoparticles increased cellular uptake threefold and in-vitro BBB transport by 65%, while reducing inflammatory and oxidative markers. In a preclinical Alzheimer's model, cognition, Aβ/tau pathology, metabolism and gut-barrier indicators improved. The findings are promising but not evidence in patients.
Researchers used the UNDRR Stop Disasters online game with students, water professionals and community members in Thailand and Malaysia. A post-game survey of 35 participants found high enjoyment, lively interaction and perceived reinforcement of declarative flood-management knowledge.
Among 1,870 critically ill patients with acute kidney injury, sodium and potassium from arterial blood-gas analysers showed relatively good agreement with central laboratory values, with potassium having the narrowest limits. Clinically meaningful discrepancies occurred in 7.0% of sodium, 14.1% of potassium and 31.4% of chloride measurements, so rapid bedside results should support rather than replace reference testing.
This multicentre secondary analysis used the validated 2018–2020 TH-SOSGOQ 2.0 database. The full cohort included 68 patients and the reliability/construct-validity cohort 64. Mean age was 57 years and 55.9% were women. Internal consistency was 0.832 and test-retest ICCs ranged from 0.52 to 0.85.
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Accelerating Evidence-Based Practices in Acute Kidney Injury
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
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Nattachai Srisawat
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Chulalongkorn University · The Royal College Of Anesthesiologists Of Thailand
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ALY688 confers cardioprotection through macrophage TGFβ-mediated Treg/Th17 dependent multi-organ responses
Effects of a Tubtim Chumphae Rice Extract Facial Serum on Skin Biophysical Properties in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults: A Split-Face Controlled Clinical Trial
National Science and Technology Development Agency · National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · Srinakharinwirot University · King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
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Papiliotrema anthoicola Kathongthung, Kodchasee, Senwanna, J. Kumla & N. Suwannar. 2026, sp. nov.
Srinakharinwirot University · Chiang Mai University
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Depressive symptom profiles across pregnant, postpartum, and nonperipartum women: measurement invariance and differential item functioning analyses of 2005–2021 NHANES data
Subclinical thiamine deficiency in third-trimester pregnancy despite routine antenatal supplementation: a cross-sectional study in an urban setting, Bangkok, Thailand
Influence of Carbonization Temperature on the Tunable Work Function of Graphite-like Biomass Carbon Derived from Wolffia globosa and Its Morphology and Phase Structure Properties
Thammasat University · National Science and Technology Development Agency · Khon Kaen University
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Enhancing dynamic postural stability during gait in Parkinson’s disease with textured insoles and auditory cue training: a randomized controlled trial study
Chulalongkorn University · King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
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Energy and Exergy Potential of a Flow-Controlled Photovoltaic–Thermal Collector for Charging Thermochemical Energy Storage Under Intermittent Tropical Irradiance