the prevalence of dirofilaria immitis in stray dog and its potential vector in amphur muang chiang mai, northern thailand. | | 1987 | 2889271 |
flavivirus infections in chiang mai area, thailand, in 1982. | infection by je virus still constitutes major cause of encephalitis in chiang mai area, although some cases of possible dengue encephalopathy were observed. in spite of many apparent encephalitis cases, infection of vector mosquitoes by je virus was not demonstrated. virus isolation from hospitalized patients showed that the principal type of dengue virus circulating in chiang mai in 1982 was type 1 virus. seroepidemiological survey on healthy humans indicated that the northern part of chiang ma ... | 1983 | 6324386 |
the effect of host type on movement patterns of aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae) into and out of experimental huts in thailand. | flight behavior studies were carried out from december 2004 through february 2005 at two sites in thailand to compare the movement patterns of aedes aegypti into and out of experimental huts baited with a human host, dog host, or without a host using a mark-release-recapture study design. studies were conducted in isolated villages of kanchanaburi and chiang mai provinces, thailand. in the presence of a human host only 4.9% (39/800) of the ae. aegypti females departed the hut as compared to 46.5 ... | 2006 | 17249349 |
seroprevalence of leptospirosis in domesticated asian elephants (elephas maximus) in north and west thailand in 2004. | serum samples from asian elephants (elephas maximus) in the kanchanaburi, chiang mai and lampang provinces of thailand were tested using the microscopic agglutination test against 22 serovars of leptospira interrogans. a titre of more than 1:100 was used as evidence of infection. in northern thailand, the seroprevalence was 58 per cent and the prevalent serovars were leptospira interrogans serovar sejroe, leptospira interrogans serovar tarassovi, leptospira interrogans serovar ranarum and leptos ... | 2007 | 17369477 |
the epidemiology of dirofilaria immitis infection in outpatient dogs at chiang mai university small animal hospital, thailand. | five hundred eighty-nine dog blood samples from the small animal hospital of chiang mai university were examined for dirofilaria immitis prevalence using a microhematocrit tube technique for microfilaria detection. in parallel, a once a month follow-up study on 36 d. immitis negative dogs was conducted to detect the time of acquiring infection in each animal. the diagnostic criteria for the incidence study was based on microfilaria detection or on positive findings against d. immitis antigen usi ... | 2008 | 18567441 |
partial purification of hepatitis b surface antigen and survey of this antigen in man and animals in chiang mai, thailand. | | 1978 | 311951 |
investigation of dogs as a reservoir of penicillium marneffei in northern thailand. | penicillium marneffei is a dimorphic pathogenic fungus endemic in southeast asia that usually causes disseminated disease, mainly in immunocompromised individuals, especially those with hiv infection. untreated cases are usually fatal. the only known natural reservoir exists in bamboo rats and there is no firm evidence that these animals are involved in direct transmission to humans. the risk of infection is not restricted to those living in endemic areas; hiv-infected individuals who travel to ... | 2011 | 21236714 |
seroprevalence and risk factors associated with leptospirosis in dogs. | this study was done to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of leptospirosis in dogs. from march to september 2004, a total of 210 dogs were randomly selected from the small animal hospital, faculty of veterinary medicine, chiang mai university. dog sera were collected from the cephalic vein and kept at -20 degrees c until submitted to the national institute of health for a microscopic agglutination test (mat). risk factors were analysed using logistic regression modelling. the prevalen ... | 2006 | 16771227 |
prevalence of abortive canine rabies in chiang mai, thailand. | | 1983 | 6854177 |