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Weerachai Saijuntha

Weerachai Saijuntha

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
22
Citations
1982
World Ranking
3103
National Ranking
11

Overview

Weerachai Saijuntha is affiliated with Mahasarakham University in Thailand and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work encompasses both broad and specialized areas, notably ecology and parasitology.

Their research spans several subfields, including ecology, parasitology, small animals, insect science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. The main topics covered in their publications reflect a focus on parasite biology and host interactions, helminth infection and control, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, and insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Weerachai Saijuntha has published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Animals
  • Biology
  • Parasitology Research
  • Parasitology
  • Tropical Medicine and Health

They have collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Warayutt Pilap
  • Chairat Tantrawatpan
  • Ross H. Andrews
  • Takeshi Agatsuma
  • Trevor N. Petney

Some of their recent notable papers include:

  • Foodborne zoonotic parasites of the family Opisthorchiidae, 2020, Research in Veterinary Science
  • Insights in the Global Genetics and Gut Microbiome of Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens: Implications for Animal Feed Safety Control, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Comparative mitogenomics of the zoonotic parasite Echinostoma revolutum resolves taxonomic relationships within the 'E. revolutum' species group and the Echinostomata (Platyhelminthes: Digenea), 2020, Parasitology
  • Distribution of Blastocystis subtypes isolated from various animal hosts in Thailand, 2023, Research in Veterinary Science
  • Neocylindrospermum variakineticum gen. & sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria), a novel genus separated from Cylindrospermum using a polyphasic method, 2022, Phycologia

Best Publications

  • The zoonotic, fish-borne liver flukes Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis felineus and Opisthorchis viverrini.

    Trevor N. Petney;Ross H. Andrews;Ross H. Andrews;Weerachai Saijuntha;Alexandra Wenz-Mücke

  • Evidence of a species complex within the food-borne trematode Opisthorchis viverrini and possible co-evolution with their first intermediate hosts.

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Sopit Wongkham;Thewarach Laha

  • Exceptionally High Prevalence of Infection of Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos with Opisthorchis viverrini Cercariae in Different Wetlands in Thailand and Lao PDR

    Nadda Kiatsopit;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Weerachai Saijuntha;Thidarut Boonmars

  • Insights in the Global Genetics and Gut Microbiome of Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens: Implications for Animal Feed Safety Control

    Fathiya M. Khamis;Fidelis L. O. Ombura;Komivi S. Akutse;Sevgan Subramanian

  • Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia.

    Trevor N. Petney;Weerachai Saijuntha;Nathalie Boulanger;Lidia Chitimia-Dobler

  • Evaluation of PCR based coprodiagnosis of human opisthorchiasis.

    C.R. Stensvold;W. Saijuntha;P. Sithithaworn;S. Wongratanacheewin

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation among geographical isolates of Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand and Lao PDR, and phylogenetic relationships with other trematodes.

    W. Saijuntha;P. Sithithaworn;S. Wongkham;T. Laha

  • Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Detection of Opisthorchis viverrini Sensu Lato in Human and Intermediate Hosts for Use in Control and Elimination Programs.

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Kanyarat Duenngai;Sirikachorn Tangkawattana;Trevor N Petney

  • Liver Flukes: Clonorchis and Opisthorchis

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Nadda Kaitsopit;Ross H. Andrews

  • Foodborne zoonotic parasites of the family Opisthorchiidae.

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Trevor N. Petney;Ross H. Andrews

  • Liver Flukes: Clonorchis and Opisthorchis

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  • Genetic variation and relationships of four species of medically important echinostomes (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in South-East Asia

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Kunyarat Duenngai;Nadda Kiatsopit

  • The systematics and population genetics of Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato: implications in parasite epidemiology and bile duct cancer.

    Paiboon Sithithaworn;Ross H. Andrews;Trevor N. Petney;Weerachai Saijuntha

  • Rodents as a Source of Salmonella Contamination in Wet Markets in Thailand.

    Alexis Ribas;Weerachai Saijuntha;Takeshi Agatsuma;Veronika Prantlová

  • Zoonotic Echinostome Infections in Free-Grazing Ducks in Thailand

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Kunyarat Duenngai;Chairat Tantrawatpan

  • Biological variation within Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato in Thailand and Lao PDR.

    Nonglak Laoprom;Weerachai Saijuntha;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Sopit Wongkham

  • Opisthorchis viverrini: Implications of the systematics of first intermediate hosts, Bithynia snail species in Thailand and Lao PDR

    Nadda Kiatsopit;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Weerachai Saijuntha;Trevor N. Petney

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequences of 37 collar-spined echinostomes (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in Thailand and Lao PDR reveals presence of two species: Echinostoma revolutum and E. miyagawai

    Mitsuru Nagataki;Chairat Tantrawatpan;Takeshi Agatsuma;Tetsuro Sugiura

  • Taxonomy, Ecology and Population Genetics of Opisthorchis viverrini and Its Intermediate Hosts.

    Trevor N. Petney;Ross H. Andrews;Weerachai Saijuntha;Smarn Tesana

  • Genetic structure and geographical variation of Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos sensu lato (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae), the snail intermediate host of Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato (Digenea: Opisthorchiidae) in the Lower Mekong Basin revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences

    Chairat Tantrawatpan;Weerachai Saijuntha;Naruemon Bunchom;Warong Suksavate

  • Impact of temporal changes and host factors on the genetic structure of a population of Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato in Khon Kaen Province (Thailand)

    W. Saijuntha;P. Sithithaworn;N. B. Chilton;T. N. Petney

  • Revealing genetic hybridization and DNA recombination of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica in nuclear introns of the hybrid Fasciola flukes.

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Chairat Tantrawatpan;Takeshi Agatsuma;Chennan Wang

  • Genetic variation at three enzyme loci within a Thailand population of Opisthorchis viverrini

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Sopit Wongkham;Thewarach Laha

  • Spatial and temporal genetic variation of Echinostoma revolutum (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) from Thailand and the Lao PDR

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Chairat Tantrawatpan;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Ross H. Andrews

  • Genetic characterization of Echinostoma revolutum and Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Thailand and phylogenetic relationships with other isolates inferred by ITS1 sequence.

    Weerachai Saijuntha;Chairat Tantrawatpan;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Ross H. Andrews

  • Genetic relationships within the Opisthorchis viverrini species complex with specific analysis of O. viverrini from Savannakhet, Lao PDR by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis

    Nadda Kiatsopit;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Jiraporn Sithithaworn;Thidarut Boonmars

Frequent Co-Authors

Paiboon Sithithaworn
Paiboon Sithithaworn Khon Kaen University
Trevor N. Petney
Trevor N. Petney Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Takeshi Agatsuma
Takeshi Agatsuma Kōchi University
Shigehiko Uni
Shigehiko Uni University of Malaya
Joanne P. Webster
Joanne P. Webster Royal Veterinary College
Hiroyuki Takaoka
Hiroyuki Takaoka University of Malaya
Yvonne A. L. Lim
Yvonne A. L. Lim University of Malaya
Wanchai Maleewong
Wanchai Maleewong Khon Kaen University
Alexis Ribas
Alexis Ribas University of Barcelona
Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum

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