Wirichada Pan-ngum
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Wirichada Pan-ngum
Associate Professor
- Honorary Visiting Research Fellow
- Acting Head of MAEMOD
MAEMOD
Wirichada Pan-Ngum’s research mainly involves using a mixed approach including modelling and field surveys to gain better understanding of transmission routes of zoonotic diseases and the Human-Animal-Ecosystems interface. Her current work focuses on leptospirosis, one of many long-term health problems for agricultural workers in Thailand. Her model explores the importance of these environmental factors as well as the risk of disease exposure during traditional rice farming activities in relation to the incidence of human leptospirosis. Her other research interests include dengue, human contact patterns and population dynamics for infectious disease modelling.
In addition to her work at MORU, Wirichada is an Associate Professor in the Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University. She teaches biostatistics and mathematical modelling. In addition, she serves as a project advisor for postgraduates on the Tropical Medicine and Biomedical and Health Informatics courses.
Recent publications
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Diabetes and risk of hospitalisation due to infection in northeastern Thailand: Retrospective cohort study using population-based healthcare service data.
Journal article
Peerawaranun P. et al, (2024), Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
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Factors influencing Thai university students' decisions to take COVID-19 vaccine booster doses: a cross-sectional survey.
Journal article
Thichumpa W. et al, (2024), Trop Med Health, 52
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of a multiplex lateral flow rapid diagnostic test for acute non-malarial febrile illness in rural Cambodia and Bangladesh.
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Chew R. et al, (2024), The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia, 23
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Correction: ‘Evaluation of Kato-Katz and multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction performance for clinical helminth infections in Thailand using a latent class analysis’ (2023), by Rotejanaprasert et al.
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Rotejanaprasert C. et al, (2024), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of surgical masks, N95 masks compared to wearing no mask for the prevention of COVID-19 among health care workers: Evidence from the public health care setting in India.
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Sharma M. et al, (2024), PloS one, 19