Tracing the new SARS-CoV-2 variant BA. 2.86 in the community through wastewater surveillance in Bangkok, Thailand

DL Wannigama, M Amarasiri… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
(A) SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in wastewater at each BA. 2.86 positive locations from
June to July 2023.(B) Wastewater sampling location in Bangkok, Thailand, with colours …

A systematic review and meta-analysis, investigating dose and time of fluvoxamine treatment efficacy for COVID-19 clinical deterioration, death, and Long-COVID …

MI Prasanth, DL Wannigama, AM Reiersen… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract There have been 774,075,242 cases of COVID-19 and 7,012,986 deaths worldwide
as of January 2024. In the early stages of the pandemic, there was an urgent need to reduce …

Tracing the transmission of mpox through wastewater surveillance in Southeast Asia

DL Wannigama, M Amarasiri… - Journal of travel …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
High population density and tourism in Southeast Asia increase the risk of mpox due to
frequent interpersonal contacts. Our wastewater surveillance in six Southeast Asian …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling vaccination strategies with limited early COVID-19 vaccine access in low-and middle-income countries: A case study of Thailand

S Anupong, T Chantanasaro, C Wilasang… - Infectious Disease …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-and middle-income countries faced significant challenges in accessing COVID-19
vaccines during the early stages of the pandemic. In this study, we utilized an age-structured …

[HTML][HTML] Early treatment with fluvoxamine, bromhexine, cyproheptadine, and niclosamide to prevent clinical deterioration in patients with symptomatic COVID-19: a …

DL Wannigama, C Hurst, P Phattharapornjaroen… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Repurposed drugs with host-directed antiviral and immunomodulatory
properties have shown promise in the treatment of COVID-19, but few trials have studied …

Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 new variants BA. 2.86 and offspring JN. 1 in South and Southeast Asia

DL Wannigama, M Amarasiri… - Journal of Travel …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
An offspring of BA. 2.86, JN. 1, is now the most widely circulating variant of SARS-CoV-2
globally. JN. 1 displayed significantly enhanced immune escape compared to BA. 2.86 with …

Exploring indoor and outdoor dust as a potential tool for detection and monitoring of COVID-19 transmission

S Anupong, S Chadsuthi, P Hongsing, C Hurst… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
This study investigated the potential of using SARS-CoV-2 viral concentrations in dust as an
additional surveillance tool for early detection and monitoring of COVID-19 transmission …

[HTML][HTML] Small-scale wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance: A scoping review

D Schmiege, T Haselhoff, A Thomas… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater analysis can serve as a source of public health information. In recent years,
wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged and proven useful for the detection of …

Improving estimates of epidemiological quantities by combining reported cases with wastewater data: a statistical framework with applications to COVID-19 in …

LM Watson, MJ Plank, BA Armstrong, JR Chapman… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background Timely and informed public health responses to infectious diseases such as
COVID-19 necessitate reliable information about infection dynamics. The case …

LSTM-Powered COVID-19 prediction in central Thailand incorporating meteorological and particulate matter data with a multi-feature selection approach

C Winalai, S Anupong, C Modchang, S Chadsuthi - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted public health and necessitated urgent
actions to mitigate its spread. Monitoring and predicting the outbreak's progression have …