Prakaykaew Charunwatthana
Senior Researcher, Malaria Clinical Team
Thai clinician and Research Physician Prakaykaew (Jib) Charunwatthana has been a member of the Malaria Department at MORU since 2002.
Jib’s current focus is clinical research of malaria in Thailand and Bangladesh, with a focus on pathophysiology and treatment both in uncomplicated and severe malaria.
Apart from malaria research, Jib is also studies vector-borne diseases, such as scrub typhus, dengue and chikungunya with her master’s and doctoral students at Mahidol University. Jib is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.
Jib’s previous research work included examining the efficacy of antimalarial treatments for P. vivax in Thailand and clinical studies on adjunctive treatments for malaria such as N-acetylcysteine, levamisole and Sevuparin.
Jib was PhD student under the supervision of Prof Arjen M Dondorp and graduated in 2007 from Mahidol University. In addition to working at MORU, Jib is also a staff lecturer at the Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, in Mahidol University’s Faculty of Tropical Medicine.
Recent publications
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Detection of Gnathostoma spinigerum larva in the brain with complete follow-up after surgical treatment of human neurognathostomiasis.
Chayangsu C. et al, (2024), Food and waterborne parasitology, 35
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Zika infection among international students after five months in Thailand.
Imad HA. et al, (2024), Journal of travel medicine, 31
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Severe Falciparum and Vivax Malaria on the Thailand-Myanmar Border: A Review of 1503 Cases.
Chu CS. et al, (2023), Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 77, 721 - 728
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Evolution of genetic markers for drug resistance after the introduction of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine as first-line anti-malarial treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Indonesia.
Rahmasari FV. et al, (2023), Malaria journal, 22
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Assessment of an Immuno-Diagnostic Method for Hookworm-Related Cutaneous Larva Migrans Using Crude Extracts of Ancylostoma caninum.
Adam S. et al, (2023), Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 8