summary from AOCR2023, Bangkok, Thailand

Rabies Vaccination Among Foreigners in Thailand: A Summary From a Medical Center

Nonmarket Networks among Migrants: Evidence from Metropolitan Bangkok, Thailand

This paper examines nonmarket interactions among migrants from same origins in the urban labor market of Bangkok, Thailand. We test whether the labor-market performance of previous migrants has externalities to that of new migrants who moved from the same province of origin. Our empirical results, which control origin fixed effects, time-fixed effects, and origin/year-specific correlated shocks...

Fatal Melioidosis in Goats in Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand, is a city considered to be at low risk for melioidosis. We describe 10 goats that died of melioidosis in Bangkok. Half of them were born and reared in the city. Multilocus sequence typing ruled out an outbreak. This finding challenges the assumption that melioidosis is rarely acquired in central Thailand.

Cervical Cancer Screening Among Migrant Workers: A Summary of Recorded Data From A Medical Center in Thailand

The screening of cancer is important in secondary prevention in clinical oncology. The cervical cancer screening by pelvic examination and Pap smear test is the standard practice worldwide. However, the coverage of the screening is an important consideration in public health. Some specific vulnerable populations are considered to have a low chance of having access to health care services includ...

Genomic studies of envelope gene sequences from mosquito and human samples from Bangkok, Thailand

Dengue virus (DENV) is an RNA virus showing a high degree of genetic variation as a consequence of its proofreading inability. This variation plays an important role in virus evolution and pathogenesis. Although levels of within-host genetic variation are similar following equilibrium, variation among different hosts is frequently different. To identify dengue quasispecies present among two hos...